Economic Nutrition: How a new methodology is helping businesses show where their money goes
Why It Matters
Investing in Canadian economic sovereignty is a big policy and business priority. Economic Nutrition is a financial innovation tool that can support individual organizations to understand the impact of their financial decisions and supplier relationships.
Budget 2025: How Canada’s national school food program can catalyze systemic change
Why It Matters
On October 10, the Carney government announced the National School Food program will be permanent with $216 million in annual funding starting in 2029. Making this program permanent could be the first step into a systemic change by creating a national ecosystem of social caterers and food security non-profit.
UPDATED - Federal Budget 2025: Social spending flatline and massive infrastructure money
Why It Matters
CanadaHelps sees 'exponential growth' in donations of securities, reducing some transaction fees
Why It Matters
Donations of securities, which include stocks, bonds and mutual funds, are a growing mode of giving at CanadaHelps. Driven largely by older and retired donors, this mode of giving also reduces an individual’s capital gains tax burden.
OP-ED: Four ways to tackle social finance inequalities in racialized communities
Why It Matters
Racial inequities in philanthropic funding perpetuate systemic injustice and weaken the non-profit sector’s collective impact by sidelining diverse leaders and ideas. To break this cycle, funders must move beyond awareness to action—restructuring relationships, governance, and evaluation practices to ensure equitable access to capital and opportunity.