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The December holiday season is one of the main fundraising times for non-profits and charities. While the Canada Post strike is over, direct mail to current and former charitable donors is being delivered late, impacting non-profitsโ bottom lines.
It's in a book; take a look; it's the winter reading listโa vital way for those in the social purpose world to continue to learn, grow and implement new ideas.
Some non-profits spend years aligning themselves with funders. Executive directors say the loss of institutional knowledge and community connections resets that process.
The December holiday season is one of the main fundraising times for non-profits and charities. A strike by Canada Post means direct mail to current and former charitable donors is not being delivered, impacting non-profitsโ bottom lines.
The Government of Canadaโs Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy acknowledges a need for more social innovation focused on Canadaโs more persistent and complex challenges. It also seeks to grow Canadaโs social finance sector to catalyze community-led solutions to such challenges. Considering the context of significant entrepreneurial transfer, social acquisitions emerge as both a solution to the small business continuity problem and a way to leverage the growing social economy.
The capital market generally doesn't finance public green spaces. Instead, most nature investing originates from philanthropy or government. Mobilizing private capital toward nature financing is critical to keeping our urban areas greener, but investors want guaranteed market returns.
