Measures announced include a permanent employee ownership tax incentive, a simpler application process for the Disability Tax Credit, and a reduction in Canada Pension Plan (CPP) contributions.
The new fund could reshape national investment priorities, and the social sector has a stake in how it’s defined
Climate-mitigation funding is drying up like the lakes and rivers it's trying to save. So how can Canada’s cities and municipalities pay for their plans when funding gaps prevent them? Social finance reporter Diane Berard explores the LC3 network in the case study below.
New research into the impact of the disbursement quota changes has found that 1,190 foundations, primarily private, were affected. According to Imagine Canada’s principal researcher David Lasby, these foundations would previously have been “disbursing below the levels required by the new quota.”
KJ Conyers-Steede is piloting a peer-to-peer community financing model that can be scaled and replicated across rural Canada.
A new affinity group hosted by Philanthropic Foundations of Canada (PFC) will bring together foundations with deep expertise in funding housing, as well as those that might be new to the space.
A birthday fundraiser for actor Hudson Williams brought in $65,000 for BC Children’s Hospital.
A national call to action by Releven is asking leaders to repurpose their underutilized faith-based spaces and commit to solving homelessness by signing the Winnipeg Declaration.
The DUCA Impact Lab has so far partnered with Ontario credit unions Kindred and Your Neighbourhood to fund its Escalator Loan program, which provides loans to people stuck in the payday loan cycle. Now, Vancity and Coast Capital will also be providing funding.
Nine funders, led by the Lawson Foundation, announced that they would be providing multi-year general operating support to non-profit networks and associations.
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