funding practices

The purpose of this paper is to summarize funding practices and issues which are impacting human resource systems in nonprofit organizations. It was also intended to inform and foster discussion among funders and present possible approaches to address or mitigate these funding issues at the local, provincial and national levels. 

Authored by the United Way of Calgary and Area and Family and Community Support Services(FCSS)

Community nonprofit organizations had been raising concerns for quite some time about the growing administrative burden and point to such things as more numerous and complex grant application and reporting processes, and additional compliance requirements. The focus of this study was to address this gap in knowledge.

May 2, 2006

Katherine van Kooy, Lynn Eakin and Matthew Kealey present findings from the CCVO research study Taking Stock: Examining the Financing of Nonprofit Community Organizations in Calgary that offers insights into how nonprofit organizations in Calgary are financed.

This presentation on the findings of the Taking Stock: Examining the Financing of Nonprofit Community Organizations report was delievered May 2, 2006.

This Calgary-based research offers new insights into how nonprofit organizations are financed. The Spring 2006 study examines how program-related costs are financed and the implications when a program's full costs are not met.

March 21, 2005

Lynn Eakin delivered her presentation The Impact of Current Funding Practices on Non-Profit Community Organizations at the CCVO event Funding of Overhead.

The presentation was based on Eakin's research report Community Capacity Draining: The Impact of Current Funding Practices on Non-Profit Community Organizations.