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4 Mar 2010
Reporting to Funders Undergoes Many Changes
Over the past few months, Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations (CCVO) members have raised concerns about changes taking place in the human services sector regarding the systems used in outcomes measurement, data collection and reporting to funders. CCVO recognizes this as an emerging issue, which is causing significant uncertainty and stress for sector organizations. Read complete story.
CCVO News
- 4 Mar 2010 Reporting to Funders Undergoes Many Changes Over the past few months, Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations (CCVO) members have raised...
- 11 Feb 2010 Provincial Budget 2010 – A Mixed Result for the Voluntary Sector While the Provincial government prepared Albertans for major cuts across the board in 2010-2011,...
- 21 Jan 2010 Sector Must Prepare for Provincial Funding Cuts The Government of Alberta is releasing its 2010-11 budget on February 9. Comments made by...
- 15 Jan 2010 Calgary’s 2009-2014 Social and Economic Outlook For the next five years, Calgary’s nonprofit and voluntary sector can expect a lot of changes as a...
- 16 Dec 2009 CCVO Economic Survey Attracts Media Attention CCVO’s November release of Stretched to the Limit: An Economic Impact Survey received tremendous...
- 30 Nov 2009 CCVO Releases Results of Sector Economic Impact Survey The results of the Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organization's third 'Impact of the Economic...
- 18 Nov 2009 CCVO Policy Series Event Delivers Advice on Government Relations Last week CCVO presented Paul McLoughlin and his workshop "Provincial Government from the Inside...
- 4 Nov 2009 Excellence in Grantmaking Conference a Great Success CCVO is committed to ensuring that funding, grantmaking and philanthropic practice best reflects...
Policy News
- 4 Mar 2010 CRA Fundraising Guidance Poses Challenges CRA's Proposed Policy on Fundraising by Registered Charities was in refinement for over a year....
- 4 Mar 2010 Sectors Have to Work Together A Globe and Mail interview with Quebec Justice Minister Kathleen Weil discusses ways to find common...
- 18 Feb 2010 Dialogue with Culture and Community Spirit Minister of Culture and Community Spirit Lindsay Blackett has been holding invitation-only meetings...
- 21 Jan 2010 HOMES Database Available Until August The Hull Outcome Monitoring and Evaluation System (HOMES) database will remain available until...
- 16 Dec 2009 New Changes to Police Checks through Private Security Firms As of December 8, there has been a change to third party security firms’ ability to perform police...
- 16 Dec 2009 Canada Revenue Agency Clarifies Volunteer Expense Policy The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has released a policy commentary on out-of-pocket expenses to...
- 16 Dec 2009 Premier Ed Stelmach Responds to Online Questions from Albertans Albertans asked, and Premier Stelmach responded. Video clips of the Premier answering questions...
- 4 Nov 2009 PIPA will continue to apply only to a limited number of nonprofits Bill 54, the Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, was introduced in the legislature on...
Workforce News
- 18 Feb 2010 Employer Forum: Recruiting and Retaining Immigrants Could internationally-trained workers give your organization a competitive advantage? Attend this...
- 3 Feb 2010 Bringing the Ivy League to Calgary’s Nonprofit Sector Professional development is vital to the success of any organization, but many charities and...
- 4 Nov 2009 Alberta Workforce Council provides Forum for Workforce Initiatives Information Sharing The Alberta Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Workforce Council has developed the Workforce...
- 4 Nov 2009 U of C Social Work Students Available for Practicums MSW and BSW students are currently looking for placements involving direct educational supervision...
Awards and Grants
- 4 Mar 2010 Nominate Person, Group or Organization for Calgary Awards The Calgary Awards recognize outstanding achievements and contributions made by Calgarians. Awards...
- 4 Mar 2010 U of C Students to Help Nonprofits Each year the Committee of 10,000 (made up of representatives from the student body) distributes...
- 18 Feb 2010 Federal and Provincial Funding for Summer Students Canada Summer Jobs provides funding for summer students to organizations across the country "...
- 18 Feb 2010 2010 Community Vision Award - Nomination Call Is someone you know community minded? Nominate them for a 2010 Community Vision Award. Each year,...
- 18 Feb 2010 Nominate Person, Group or Organization for Calgary Awards The Calgary Awards recognize outstanding achievements and contributions made by Calgarians. Awards...
- 18 Feb 2010 Extraordinary Canadians Honoured for their Contributions A Calgarian is among this year's honourees of the Public Policy Forum's 23rd Annual...
- 4 Feb 2010 Subsidy for Low-Cost Recreation Space If your organization offers recreational, sports, arts and/or cultural activities to children and...
- 4 Feb 2010 Government Funding for Summer Students The Government of Canada provides funding for summer students to organizations across the country "...
- 21 Jan 2010 Apply for Volunteer Week Funding in Alberta Celebrate National Volunteer Week with Volunteer Alberta's Enhancement Funding, which is intended...
- 21 Jan 2010 Nominate an Outstanding Learner or Educator Calgary Learns is now accepting nominations for Life of Learning Awards. Consider this opportunity...
- 21 Jan 2010 Canadian Government Pledges to Match Donations for Haiti Relief Efforts Interested in donating to the relief efforts underway for survivors of the January 12 earthquake in...
- 6 Jan 2010 SVP Calgary Calls for Grant Applications Social Venture Partners Calgary has selected its focus for its 2010 grant cycle as non-profit...
- 16 Dec 2009 Fellowship for Nonprofit Leaders Available The Carold Institute is calling for applications for the 2010 Alan Thomas Fellowship to Promote...
- 2 Dec 2009 Nominate a Volunteer for the Leadership Awards Volunteer Calgary has opened nominations for its annual Leadership Awards. These awards recognize...
Professional Development
- 4 Mar 2010 Career Development in Organizations Workshop The Career Development Association of Alberta is hosting a "Career Development in Organizations"...
- 4 Mar 2010 Charity Law Info Program (CLIP) Webinars Through the Charity Law Information Program, Mark Blumberg will be delivering over 25 online...
- 4 Mar 2010 Guaranteed Annual Income Ethical Leadership on Ending Poverty Senator Hugh Segal with guests Peter Howie (Policy Studies,...
- 4 Mar 2010 CentrePoint's Spring 2010 Courses Now Posted CentrePoint has now posted their Spring 2010 training courses, which offer a wide range of...
- 4 Mar 2010 CanadaHelps Webinar Calendar now Online CanadaHelps.Org has released its line-up of MyCharityConnects webinars for 2010. The free hour-long...
- 4 Mar 2010 New CRA Webinars Available Trying to balance your books, or need a refresher on the T3010B? The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)...
- 4 Mar 2010 Charity Tax Tuesdays Imagine Canada and the CRA are working together to bring the charitable sector Charity Tax Tuesdays...
- 4 Mar 2010 Free Webinar Archives now Available Capacity Builders has opened up its CLIP archive of webinars to the nonprofit sector. During the...
- 4 Mar 2010 Basic Facilitation Skills Training Workshop May 26-29, Stony Plain, northwest of Edmonton Back by popular demand, this practical, three-day...
- 4 Mar 2010 Manage Risk Confidently Learn the basics on a wide range of risk management topics geared specifically to nonprofits....
New Resources
- 4 Mar 2010 Unique Society Provides Strong Voice The Board Voice Society of BC is built and composed of board members of voluntary organizations...
- 4 Mar 2010 Quarterly Journal for the Canadian Nonprofit Sector The Philanthropist is an e-review publication, providing a forum for thoughtful discussion and...
- 18 Feb 2010 New Journal on Nonprofits Calls for Submissions A new online open-access, English and French peer-review publication focuses on nonprofit...
- 18 Feb 2010 New Website for Voluntary Sector The Nonprofit Voluntary Sector Table, part of the Alberta Nonprofit Voluntary Sector Initiative,...
- 18 Feb 2010 Charity Village Discusses Engagement Strategy Imagine Canada's pan-Canadian engagement strategy is an enormous undertaking created to "get an...
- 4 Feb 2010 Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) Resources A new web page titled "Non-profit organizations" has been created on the PIPA website. Here you can...
- 4 Feb 2010 The Charities File: On Board Free Information Sessions Safeguarding an organization's charitable status is essential. To learn more about annual reporting...
- 4 Feb 2010 Imagine Canada Launches Charity Tax Tools Website This free information website is another resource for Canadian charities to ensure they have the...
- 21 Jan 2010 Keeping Workers Engaged Read an interesting article about employee engagement in the January issue of EMPLOYER Labour...
- 21 Jan 2010 Charity Connector Website Now Available! Wish you had experienced colleagues at hand? There's a community of non-profit and voluntary sector...
- 21 Jan 2010 Risk Management Strategies and Tactics Volunteer Alberta has introduced a new online tool on risk management. Find out more about how you...
- 6 Jan 2010 Charity Village Podcast on Legal Requirements Are you prepared to meet all your legal requirements in 2010? Find out the top three things you...
- 6 Jan 2010 Affordable homeownership study- Sector staff and volunteers invited The City of Calgary is looking for Focus Group participants to take part in a discussion about...
- 6 Jan 2010 Share & contribute to Alberta’s nonprofit wealth of knowledge starting January 8th Brought to you by Charity Central Essentials and funded in part by the Canada Revenue Agency,...
- 16 Dec 2009 Charity Tax Tools: essential information for Canada's charities Imagine Canada’s Charity Tax Tools website will be available to preview in beta mode shortly....
- 2 Dec 2009 Win a Half-day of Free Computer Training Bright Ideas is offering charities and nonprofits the chance to win a free half-day of IT help...
- 2 Dec 2009 The Financial Accountability Handbook The Federation of Calgary Communities' Financial Accountability Handbook is for community...
- 18 Nov 2009 Imagine Canada Releases Stretch Tax Credit Q&A Imagine Canada has released further information about their Stretch Tax Credit proposal, including...
Sector Research
- 4 Mar 2010 Merging Wisely The Stanford Social Innovation review has published in-depth article on the pros and cons of...
- 4 Mar 2010 Raising Revenue through Business Activities In the first of three articles, Donald J. Bourgeois examines the issue of charities and nonprofit...
- 4 Mar 2010 CRA Seeks Feedback on Charity Policies As part of an ongoing effort to update and improve existing policies and guidelines, the Charities...
- 18 Feb 2010 Findings from the CSGVP for Alberta's Nonprofits Alberta Culture & Community Spirit, TransCanada and The Muttart Foundation have joined together...
- 18 Feb 2010 Gender Mix in the Nonprofit Sector The HR Council for the Nonprofit Sector recently released a summary report of the HR Council of...
- 18 Feb 2010 WANTED: Outcome Measurement Case Study Volunteers An independent researcher, Eli Bennett, is writing a series of articles for Charity Village and...
- 18 Feb 2010 Donors Want Charities to Communicate Better Charities Aid Foundation from the UK reports 75% of donors think charities could communicate better...
- 18 Feb 2010 Help Shape HR Council's Webinar Series The HR Council for the Nonprofit Sector is developing a web-based seminar (webinar) series designed...
- 18 Feb 2010 US Research on Philanthropy The latest Philanthropic Giving Index (similar to the Consumer Confidence Index for charitable...
- 18 Feb 2010 American Charities Have Same Struggles as Canadians At a time when 67% of nonprofits in Illinois report an increase in demand for services, 70% report...
- 4 Feb 2010 Finance Personnel Asked to Complete Survey The Survey of Western Economic Expectations solicits views on economic issues from over 2000...
- 4 Feb 2010 Putting a Dollar Value on Volunteerism Volunteer Canada is conducting a survey designed to understand what members, friends, and...
- 21 Jan 2010 Calgary State of the Economy Report Released Calgary Economic Development has released their State of the Economy economic review report. The...
- 21 Jan 2010 Canada's Nonprofit Sector: Big, growing, important Michael Shapcott's article for the Wellesley Institute looks recent Statistics Canada data on...
- 21 Jan 2010 Save our Culture of Giving Strategic action is required if Canada's culture of giving is to survive the next generation, says...
- 6 Jan 2010 Canadians plan to be more generous in 2010 The dawning of the New Year will bring larger donations and more volunteer hours to Canada's non-...
- 6 Jan 2010 US Study- Giving Circles good for philanthropy According to a new US study, giving circles, in which individuals come together to combine...
- 6 Jan 2010 Calgary State of the Economy Report Released Calgary Economic Development has released their State of the Economy economic review report for...
- 6 Jan 2010 Charities and Minutes – How Much is Enough? While Revenue Canada requires charities to keep minutes for meetings of the executive and of the...
- 16 Dec 2009 Report Suggests Charities are too Reliant on Large Donations The C.D. Howe Institute’s Lending a Hand: How Federal Tax Policy Could Help Get More Cash to More...
- 16 Dec 2009 Seven Tips for Recession Survival This article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review summarizes the finding of a survey by the...
- 8 Dec 2009 Muttart Survey Seeks Voluntary Sector Views on Government Relations The Muttart Foundation has contracted PLAN:NET to carry out a study on the the issues that most...
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