PFC Guest Blog - "In Response to the Webinar 'Are Charities Ready for Social Finance?'" 


Nathan Cohen-Fournier – Head, Social Finance, Lucie and André Chagnon Foundation

 "For a practitioner in the social finance sector, these statistics are eye-opening. They underscore the fact that focusing on the supply of capital and on developing intermediaries is not enough" Read More

PFC’s Back-to-School & COVID-19 Report (in French only)

Here’s a document summarizing the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec. It overviews the importance of back-to-school regulations with the learning barriers in mind for students, parents, and faculty members. It also takes into account back-to-school measures outside of Canadian borders and proposes practical guides that emphasize safety measures. Read More

T3010 Filing Deadline Extended for Charities

This is a reminder that the filing deadline has been extended to December 31, 2020, for all charities with a Form T3010, Registered Charity Information Return due between, March 18, 2020, and December 31, 2020. We encourage you to file early to avoid any delays. Read More

Report on Asylum Seekers Working in Essential Services (in French)

This survey is an initiative of the “Table de concertation des organismes au service des personne réfugiées et immigrantes” (TCRI), a group of more than 150 organizations working to protect the rights of refugees and immigrants in Quebec on their immigration, settlement, and integration processes. Since the start of emergency COVID-19 measures, hundreds of asylum seekers struggled with working in essential services during their transitions to live in Canada. The purpose of this survey is to document and study the reality of diverse refugees and immigrants. Read More

Change the World - for Whom? Why Addressing Racism Must Be a Top Corporate Priority

Many private organizations seek to develop their agendas aimed at improving their sectors. This article highlights the need to recognize that people of colour are often subject to more difficult living conditions caused by the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and economic inequalities. It also calls for companies to engage with racial equity if their aim is to change the world. Read More

New Fund Seeks to Put Racial Equity at the Center of Philanthropy 

International non-profit, Echoing Green, launched a new Racial Equity Philanthropic Fund. It aims to raise $50M to launch 500 social enterprises focused on racial equity in the U.S and beyond its borders, improve social innovation for 5K leaders working with racial equity, and create opportunities for engagement in the movement with 10K corporate employees. Read More

First Nations Face Overlapping Crises and Inadequate Support During Pandemic

Webequie, Nibinamik, Neskantaga, Eabametoong, Marten Falls, Aroland, Long Lake #58, Ginoogaming, and not limited to Constance Lake ensure the best they can to keep their communities safe despite limited resources. This article identifies key issues around the lack of financial autonomy and control over their economic development. It also addresses the lack of funding that widen the socioeconomic gap between Indigenous people and non-Indigenous Canadians. Read More

Nicole McDonald Joins MakeWay as Director of National Programming and First Indigenous Director 

Nicole McDonald will be connecting MakeWay’s mission across their Pacific, the North, and Manitoba programs by building partnerships and improving grants. This article is based on highlights about their career path that is focused on advancing Indigenous sovereignty, Indigenous philanthropy, and reconciliation that adds to their vision on tackling sector-wide solutions for a sustainable future. Read More

Second National Report - Impact of COVID-19 on Canada’s LGBTQI2S Community 

The African-Canadian Civic Engagement Council, Egale, Innovative Research Group, and the African Caribbean Civic Engagement Council (ACCEC) has published this second report as a follow up to a national study that uncovered disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 for LGBTQI2S people in areas including household finances, job loss, and not limited to mental and physical health. Their findings are intended to provide evidence and strengthen opportunities for African Caribbean, Black, and racialized communities. Read More

Philanthropy, Pandemic & Political Scandal: COVID-19 Curtails donor giving; WE Affair Weakens Trust in Charities 

This survey released by Angus Reid Institute in partnership with Philanthropic Foundations Canada (PFC), Cardus, Charitable Impact, United Way Centraide Canada, Imagine Canada, and CanadaHelps shows the compounding effects of the WE scandal and the COVID-19 pandemic on the charitable sector. Canadians are feeling the financial and economic pain of the COVID-19 pandemic and have rallied around increasing government help. So have Canadian charities. Read More

In Response to the Current Crisis, the Chagnon Foundation will Give Up to $500M in Grants Between now and 2025

The Lucie and André Chagnon Foundation confirmed its annual capital average for charitable purposes and activities to increase from 3.5% to 5% in support of long-term structural projects across Québec - depending on the grantee's needs and capacities. Read More

The J. Armand Bombardier Foundation’s Philagora Workshops

This series contains annual training sessions, workshops, conferences, and networking activities open to the non-profit sector to collaborate together. Their platform encourages its audience to meet new peers, exchange practices, find mentors, and seed projects. Read More

United Nations General Assembly: (UNGA 75) CAF America Highlights Charitable Giving Related to COVID-19 and SDGs

"Philanthropy plays a vital role in tackling humanity's most pressing problems worldwide, the very challenges that the United Nations' SDGs target. COVID-19 has only amplified the needs of international charitable organizations," says CAF America President and CEO Ted Hart." Read More

This is How Google.org is Using Tech to Make the World More Sustainable

This is an interview with the philanthropic arm of Google.org that built an agenda that addresses the SDGs through innovation and funding.  It is aimed at enabling capital and data that are key to tackle the most pressing challenges faced by marginalized communities around the world. It argues that the SDGs are useful to look at data and focus on studying key results around the COVID-19 crisis. Read More