Non-profit housing org pilots $20 million loan guarantee pool
Specifically developed for Nesting Ground’s portfolio of affordable housing properties, the non-profit is looking to grow the loan guarantee pool to $50 million in its second round.
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New donation platform to help communities directly pay down mosque debt
Own Your Masjid is a project of boutique marketing agency Process Plus Marketing
New “endings” hotline to help the social sector with closures, insolvency and succession
Ever / Was is run by a collective of navigators seeking to destigmatize closures and endings in the Canadian social purpose sector.
Non-profits buying multi-floor condo units face fee duplication under CMHC insurance rules
Current CMHC loan insurance programs for multi-unit properties are limited to either full building acquisitions or acquisitions of units on the same floor. They do not cover acquisitions of several units spread across multiple floors of a condominium development.
How foundations responded to the 2004-2005 disbursement quota reduction – and why it matters now
Research from Carleton University, based on foundations’ T3010 data between 2000 and 2017, tells a story of how foundations adjusted their disbursements when the disbursement quota was reduced from 4.5 per cent to 3.5 per cent.
Mysterious website, changed email messages and no negotiations: Oxfam Canada strike continues into second week
Striking staff members are also urging supporters to steer clear of a new website that appears to have sprung up in solidarity with them, but rather to follow developments on CUPE 2722’s social media channels.
How advocacy from the food bank sector led to the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit
While many in the sector have long campaigned for additional social assistance to address the rising cost of living, there is more to be done, they say. Now, they’re targeting a reform of Employment Insurance.
