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February 2023 Newsletter
Since our last edition...
Canadian philanthropy has been mobilizing to help those affected by the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria - learn more below.
The Foundation for Black Communities was awarded stewardship of $200 million Black-Led Philanthropic Endowment Fund by the federal government - learn more below.
PFC submitted its recommendations to the government regarding registered charities making grants to non-qualified donees.
Upcoming Peer Learning Initiatives
JEDI Accelerator
Information session for foundation boards and staff members
February 21 at 3:00 PM ET
Exchange with a past participant from the 2022 cohort to learn more about
how you can bring Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) to life
throughout your organization – from governance to grantmaking.
Deadline to register for the JEDI Accelerator is coming up on March 3
Investment Roundtable
TD Bank Group roundtable on Sustainable Investment
March 21 at 1:00 PM ET
Join PFC member colleagues from TD Bank Group-Global Corporate Citizenship to learn more about what sustainable investing means, what approach might be best for your foundation, and further your understanding of ESG through data-driven examples.
CEO Retreat
May 1-3 in Banff, Alberta
Join our
in-person gathering for member CEOs,
exploring topics which reflect a range of issues of interest and concern
across the leadership of the philanthropic community in Canada.
Upcoming Affinity Groups
Communications
Regular monthly gathering
Thursday, March 16 at 1:00 PM ET
Join fellow practitioners from across the network to meet and discuss important
or emerging strategic communications and public affairs issues.
Program & Grantmaking Staff Affinity Group (PGSAG)
Regular bimonthly meeting
Friday, March 31at 1:00 PM ET
Join other fellow program and grant-making staff to learn about and discuss relevant topics in workshop and open-discussion format. This upcoming session we'll discuss building capacity as a way to build bridges.
Partnerships
The Canadian Philanthropy Commitment on Climate Change
Workshop for all signatories
Wednesday, February 22 at 1:00 PM ET
The focus of the workshop will be two-fold; first: to reconnect with your personal and organizational climate motivations, and second, to reframe a climate challenge you are facing into an opportunity with a plan of action.
Philanthropy for Ukraine
Transatlantic Conversation with
2022 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk
Friday, 24 February 2023 at 9:30 AM ET
Join our partners Philea, Council on Foundations, Community Foundations of Canada, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the German Marshall Fund of the United States for this exclusive session that will mark the first full year of the war in Ukraine by spotlighting how mobilized private funders and transatlantic support have responded.
Conversations on Innovative Solutions in Affordable Housing
Webinar on Tuesday, February 28 at 1:00 PM ET
Site visit in Toronto on Tuesday, March 7 at 10:00 AM ET
Site visit in Vancouver on Thursday, March 9:00 PT
Come learn with PFC Partner, Impact United, about the affordable housing landscape from community leaders and innovators, including community land trusts and other creative investment models.
Membership News
Warm welcome to our newest members
The Raymond James Canada Foundation
The Krstajic Foundation
Member Job Board
- Foundation Coordinator, Shaw Family Foundation
- Grants Officer, The Law Foundation of Ontario (March 10)
- Impact Investment Manager, McConnell Foundation (March 10)
- Senior Director, Health Program, Trottier Family Foundation (March 30)
- Program Manager, Environment Funders Canada (EFC) (Until position filled)
Sector News & Activities
Foundation for Black Communities receives historic investment
We congratulate the Foundation for Black
Communities!
This month, the federal government has awarded stewardship of the $200 million Black-Led Philanthropic Endowment Fund to the Foundation for Black Communities, a historic investment to support and empower Black-led, Black-focused and Black-serving non-profits and registered charities to transform communities across Canada.
Emergency relief for victims
of earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria
PFC members and the wider philanthropic community are stepping up and joining forces - raising funds, and mobilizing media, businesses and individual Canadians, as exemplified below.
KBF Canada (PFC Member since 2018)
Humanitarian Coalition
Canadian Red Cross
Endowments and Perpetuity
in the Nonprofit Sector
Thursday, March 23 at 2 PM ET
Join us for an event hosted by Sage, where PFC President & CEO, Jean-Marc Mangin, along with Bruce McDonald, President & CEO of Imagine Canada, and Tina Thomas, the new CEO of the Edmonton Community Foundation, will discuss a diverse range of opinions and perspectives on one of the sector's hottest topics.
On a personal note...
We were thrilled to gather around Hilary Pearson in Toronto earlier this month with over fifty friends and guests, to celebrate the publication of From Charity to Change
We're excited to welcome our new PFC/Philab Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Ms. Michelle Gartner Fugiel, PhD, CAP, who will soon begin her landscape scanning and “pulse-check” research initiatives.
