Fundraising Best Practices: Getting Back to Normal
As we get closer to normal life again, it’s important to evaluate your fundraising strategy and make sure you’re ready to pivot once more. Is your organization moving the needle on your mission? Too many people rely on you so there really is no option other than to go all in. This includes fundraising. Catalyst recently hosted a webinar with John Phin, a manager at BNP Goldie Canada, guiding participants through time-honored principles, standards, benchmarks, and fundraising in a post COVID world. This post includes the main learning points from his presentation, written by CCVO Guest Blogger Caitlin Simpson.
Coming Soon! Community Prosperity Now: A Blueprint
In addressing the challenges that the nonprofit sector is facing due to the pandemic, CCVO’s first order of priority is to centre community in Alberta’s recovery and address the gap in Alberta's recovery plan and recent budget. CCVO made a submission to the provincial government pre-budget with a request for a $350 million investment into a Social Infrastructure Fund. Social infrastructure are assets to society that support the quality of life of a nation, region, city, or neighbourhood. In consultations around our Social Infrastructure Fund ask, we heard that it was a bold ask, but needed. Based on the rich feedback we have received, we have updated that ask and the revised report will be released by the end of June 2021.
The news of the bodies of 215 Indigenous children found at the former residential school in Kamloops, the community of Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc, is a devastating and heartbreaking discovery and reminder of the trauma inflicted by settlers and colonial systems upon Indigenous children, families, and communities. This trauma doesn’t live in the past; it’s present in daily life. As part of the nonprofit sector and our role in serving communities, it is the responsibility of both nonprofit organizations and individuals to learn and acknowledge the disturbing truths of the Indian Residential School system and take deliberate action toward reconciliation.
3 Branding Shifts to Help Your Nonprofit Stand Out
Social media is flooded with content. Facebook has over 2.74 billion monthly active users, an increase of 12% year over year. In order to be seen you need to break through the noise. In this post, Kerstin Heuer summary of the 3 branding shifts that nonprofits can make to stand out in the online noise.
Government of Alberta Budget 2021 Analysis
The provincial government’s Fiscal Plan for 2021 includes recurring themes of economic recovery, economic growth, and job creation. This report, created in partnership with the Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations (ECVO), is an analysis of Budget 2021 as it relates to the nonprofit sector in Alberta, which includes highlights of key Ministries.