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Another contentious DQ proposal: Should impact investments count toward the DQ?

Author Gabe Oatley
A prominent Canadian charity lawyer says the time is now for foundations to push the federal government to allow impact investments to count toward a foundationโ€™s disbursement quota.

Why It Matters

Critics of this proposal say allowing impact investments to count toward a foundationโ€™s disbursement quota would result in fewer granting dollars flowing to the charitable sector โ€” at a time of high inflation when they are needed most.

var TRINITY_TTS_WP_CONFIG = {"cleanText":"Another contentious DQ proposal: Should impact investments count toward the DQ?. A technology share chart. Photo: Markus Winkler This journalism \u200b\u200bis made possible by the Future of Good editorial fellowship covering the social impact world\u2019s rapidly changing funding models, supported by Future of Good, Community Foundations of Canada, and United Way Centraide Canada. See our editorial ethics and standards here . Last Monday, in a high-ceilinged conference room in Montreal, on the unceded territory of the Kanien\u2019keh\u00e0:ka, a prominent charity lawyer made a pitch to a room full of the top brass of the country\u2019s private foundations: Get in touch with the federal Department of Finance, and fast.\u00a0 Terrance Carter, managing par

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