Canada extends 2024 charitable donations to end of February 2025

Why It Matters

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. Thousands of Canadian charities sent letters to the federal government asking for an extention.

Charities send 3,600 letters to feds asking for tax deadline extension in wake of Canada Post strike effects

Why It Matters

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.

How non-profits are pivoting as the Canada Post strike lingers

Why It Matters

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.

As Boomers retire, non-profits are saving local businesses for non-profit purposes. Is this something your organization could do?

Why It Matters

The Government of Canadaโ€™s Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy acknowledges a need for more social innovation focused on Canadaโ€™s more persistent and complex challenges. It also seeks to grow Canadaโ€™s 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.