CanadaHelps

📢 Calling all Canadian Charity Leaders 📢 Have you read CanadaHelps' 2024 report on the state of charitable giving in Canada? The challenges of our current moment are: 📈 Demand for charitable services is at an all-time high 📉 Donations are declining 💲 Funding shortfalls, community disengagement, staff burnout, and post-pandemic impacts are hitting hard Don’t panic – CanadaHelps has actionable steps your charity can take to continue growing your impact! 💪 We've pulled out the top Giving Report insights for charities, and broken them down into easy-to-follow tips in this blog 👉 📑 💡 https://lnkd.in/gi8mVHfX #Charity #Nonprofit #CanadaHelps #2024GivingReport #Fundraising #SocialImpact #CanadianCharities

"The 2024 Giving Report found, perhaps not surprisingly following a period of high inflation, that affordability is currently playing a big part in people's giving decisions." Via Kevin Yarr at CBC PEI https://lnkd.in/gnGZDVWd

Thank you to CharityVillage for sharing the findings of CanadaHelps' seventh edition of The Giving Report published last week. https://lnkd.in/ge_3tdpX

For 11 consecutive years, fewer Canadians have been giving. Grab your copy of Canada’s top charitable sector report by CanadaHelps, proudly supported by leading data provider, Environics Analytics, to learn how your organization can adapt to changing trends in the sector. https://lnkd.in/deMExig

On April 17th, our team was proud to launch the seventh edition of The Giving Report alongside our presenting partner and data provider Environics Analytics. More than 120 charity leaders and sector partners gathered in Toronto to hear from CanadaHelps' President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Chang, Environics Analytic's Chief Product Management and Marketing Officer, Rupen Seoni, and Environics Analytic's Senior Vice President, Sales Practice & Marketing Leader, Allen Davidov, MBA, CM. Thank you to Imagine Canada's President and Chief Executive Officer, Bruce MacDonald for moderating our panel featuring Apathy is Boring - L'apathie c'est plate's Board Chair Habon Ali, Earth Rangers President, Tovah Barocas, and Kids Help Phone's Executive Vice President, Culture & Chief Strategy Officer, Justin Scaini. Download your copy of The Giving Report 2024 today: https://lnkd.in/deMExig 📸 Rebecca Lacroix

Mark your calendars! Join us on April 17th to launch the seventh edition of The Giving Report as it examines the charitable sector and the state of giving. The one-hour free webinar will feature Julie Fiorini, General Manager, Donor Services and Brand Marketing at CanadaHelps and Jennifer Robins, MBA, Director, Business Development – NFP & Education Lead at Environics Analytics, who will highlight report insights and key takeaways to apply to your charity. You’ll also hear from Rod Santiago, Central Executive Officer of Archway Community Services, and Samantha Reusch-Desautels, Executive Director of Apathy is Boring - L'apathie c'est plate, to hear how their charities are adapting to trends affecting the sector. Not able to attend live? No problem! All registrants will also receive the slides and recording following the webinar. https://lnkd.in/gXid-XCC

Here’s a chance to win $1,500* to help your community! ❤️ We’ve teamed up with GivingTuesday Canada to help support projects to improve social connections and increase civic participation through the Community Grant Contest. There are two ways to enter the contest! 👈 1️⃣ #AFPICON attendees can enter the draw at booth 631; or 2️⃣ Enter online at https://bit.ly/3TYtNua The entry deadline is April 30, 2024, at 5:00 P.M. EST. – *The GivingTuesday $1,500 Community Grant contest aims to support an initiative that foster social connectivity or increase civic participation with a community in Canada. The contest is open to charities, non-profits, resident-led groups, informal collectives, and individual community leaders. The Contest winner will be chosen by random draw, and will be expected to submit a brief proposal outlining their project details for approval after selection. The competition runs from April 8th, 2024 to April 30th, 2024. See full rules: https://bit.ly/3vJtD1s

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3xtebae Please extend a warm welcome to the newest members of CanadaHelps’ Board of Directors. Shawn Gandhi Director of Engineering, Shopify Shawn is a seasoned executive with experience in scaling industry disruptors through cycles of hypergrowth. Shawn led enterprise adoption for Amazon Web Services, helping the world’s largest organizations move to the cloud. Returning to Canada, Shawn founded AWS Canada Inc. and built out the Canadian business and data centers. Kathryn Hume Vice President of Digital Channels Technology, RBC Kathryn is the Vice President of Digital Channels Technology at the Royal Bank of Canada. She has led multiple technology teams at RBC, including the personal investments development team and the Borealis AI machine learning team. Before joining RBC, Kathryn held leadership positions at Integrate(dot)ai and Fast Forward Labs, where she helped over 50 Fortune 500 organizations develop and implement AI programs. Gert du Preez Partner, Deloitte Gert is a Partner in the Deloitte Digital practice, where he helps public sector organizations enable lasting business change through digital transformation. He has over 24 years of experience in the technology environment and brings insights on best practices gained, assisting global organizations with complex technology and digital initiatives.

Happening today! Join the CanadaHelps team for a special webinar with TechSoup Canada about all things digital skills and the Charity Growth Academy. It's not too late! Register now: https://lnkd.in/gAfz_7e4

"Since CanadaHelps launched its inaugural Digital Skills Survey in 2021, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence have become critical issues for the non-profit sector. However, charities still struggle with inadequate technological skills and a lack of dedicated funding." Via Sharlene Gandhi and Future of Good. https://lnkd.in/g3bVY8XD