Federal Government COVID-19 Measures – Implications for Sector Organizations 
This resource, which is regularly updated by Imagine Canada, has compiled a list of Federal Government measures that impact the charitable and nonprofit sector during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Philanthropists in the fight against COVID-19 
According to Jean-Marc Fontan, professor in the Department of Sociology at UQAM and co-director of the Canadian Philanthropy Partnership Research Network (PhiLab), what distinguishes philanthropy in times of crisis is its ability to deploy resources quickly in critical situations.
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FoodRescue.ca providing $4.5 million to community groups
Second Harvest announced the launch of $4.5 million in new funding for communities that feed Canadians through its new donation platform, FoodRescue.ca. The free and easy-to-use platform works by connecting businesses with food surpluses to charities and nonprofits within their neighbourhoods.
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FGM launches Collective Fund to support the Greater Montreal community across all sectors 
Last week, the Foundation of Greater Montréal’s (FGM) announced the creation of a new initiative, the COVID-19 Collective Fund. It’s goal is to support the Greater Montréal community during the current crisis by focusing on community organizations working in the fields of healthcare, education, culture, the environment and social development.
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How Shopify’s CEO and his wife pivoted their charitable foundation to fund COVID-19 efforts
Although Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke and his wife Fiona McKean established the Thistledown Foundation only last year, they have already had to pivot their strategy and adjust it to the current crisis. For the time being, they have dedicated the foundation's resources to fund research on the coronavirus as well as efforts to improve domestic supply of personal protective equipment (PPE).
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Philanthropy during COVID-19: The urgency of a DEI lens 
Adam Saifer, researcher at the Canadian Philanthropy Partnership Research Network (PhiLab), urges foundations not to abandon a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) lens while navigating the short-term and long-term ramifications of this unprecedented crisis. Instead, it is integral that foundations understand the ways in which the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 are intrinsically connected to DEI issues as the former reinforces and magnifies the latter.
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Saskatchewan Nonprofits & COVID-19
The Saskatchewan Nonprofit Partnership (SNP) has published an impact summary report on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the operations and program delivery of nonprofit organizations in Saskatchewan. The survey, which garnered 522 responses, represents a broad range of the nonprofit sector in the province and provides a diversity of voices and offering perspectives from all types and sizes of organizations.
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Canada’s charities need help now 
To keep the vital organizations that support Canadians in the most precarious situations operational during COVID-19 and to allow them to continue delivering their essential services, many leaders from across the nonprofit sector have joined their forces and called on the government to take action. While the government has listened and delivered some programs to help the nonprofit sector, they are not enough. Solutions exist that would benefit governments, local communities as well as the most vulnerable among us.
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Let’s give tech philanthropists the benefit of the doubt on COVID-19 
Tech philanthropists, such as Bill Gates, Jack Dorsey (CEO of Twitter) and many other tech billionaires have donated considerable amounts of money and announced various grant programs and initiatives to combat COVID-19-related causes. But are their efforts properly leveraging tech’s unique capabilities and resources?.
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How we can all embrace philanthropy's true value in a crisis
In a country with great wealth inequality, many South African family foundations are pledging financial support in an effort to mitigate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. By combining skills and expertise, philanthropists can strike up partnerships with the public and private sectors to assist non-profits and affected communities.
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Boosting charitable donations during COVID-19 in Alberta 
The Alberta Government announced a new charitable giving matching donation program to increase support to charities responding to COVID-19. Every dollar will be matched up to $2 million to charities and nonprofit organizations based in the province, with COVID-19 fundraising campaigns.
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The new simple but radical idea in philanthropy
In response to the economic devastation caused by COVID-19, many foundations have adopted new policies to help grantees: giving money, with no strings attached, to those who need it. Could this signal a change in how foundations will operate in the future?
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