Weekly Digest July 10th, 2020 No images? Click here Key Findings We want to know how your organization has adapted its activities and funding to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Please complete/update a 10-minute survey to help us generate a snapshot of activities & funding gaps in the Canadian philanthropic sector. Upcoming webinars
Missed our past COVID-19 related webinars? You can find them here Free Course This course, offered at the University of Alberta, explores key issues facing Indigenous peoples today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations. Register Here Share other webinar themes you’d like us to cover in light of COVID-19 on Twitter @PhilanthropyCDA Robin Hood launches fund for nonprofits led by people of color Indigenous People’s Resilience Fund For Indigenous communities and Indigenous-led organizations working to respond to COVID-19 in the context of pre-existing economic and health disparities, the impacts are even more pronounced. In response to this disparity, the Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund (IPRF) is an Indigenous-led effort to tackle urgent community needs while taking a long-term view on building community resilience. Read More
Communications Strategies Have Shifted During Pandemic but Often Don’t Address Racial Equity (Opinion) Granting During the Pandemic: Foundations Face Increasing Calls to Increase Their Expenditures to Assist Struggling Charities The Philanthropist highlights that while additional funds flowed from foundations over the past months, the economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has surfaced an existing question about the structure of philanthropy in Canada: “are tax-exempt foundations distributing enough of their earnings to charities?” Read More COVID-19: How Have Funders Changed Their Approach & What Will Stick? Exponent Philanthropy and PEAK Grantmaking released their findings in a report that analyzes each of their fielded surveys aimed to focus on how communities of funders responded to the impact of COVID-19. Read More Alterna Savings and Partners Offer Non-Profit and Charitable Sector Organizations True Relief The Social Impact Sector is Calling for the Social Finance Fund to Pivot in Four Big Ways For Pandemic Recovery Future of Good reflects on why turning from immediate crisis relief towards longer-term recovery efforts matter. As local economies, marginalized populations, and social purpose organizations are struggling this article provides insight to support Canada’s recovery. Read More
Funders Join Forces to Advance A Global Economy That Works For People and The Planet Share with us how your organization is responding to COVID-19 on Twitter @PhilanthropyCDA Atmospheric: Science, government, and business leaders say achieving SDGs requires digital governance We Squandered a Decade’: World Losing Fight Against Poverty says UN academic The goal to eliminate poverty by 2030 is argued to be “completely off track” with COVID-19 likely to further the impoverishment of more communities that will risk extreme poverty and human rights, reports the Guardian. Read More
Companies Need to Set More Ambitious Targets to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, Report Shows The UN Global Compact 20th - Anniversary Report reveals only 39% of companies surveyed believe that their targets are sufficiently ambitious to meet the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Eco Warrior Princess reports it is necessary for CEOs to ensure all companies fully integrate the Ten principles and raise their SDG ambition. Read More
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