Strengths and weaknesses

Media Release issued on November 30, 2009 on the results of the CCVO survey Stretched to the Limit: An Economic Impact Survey

Results of CCVO's economic impact survey, conducted in October 2009. The survey had 472 respondents from charities and nonprofits throughout Alberta.

While the front-end of this report focuses on the impact of the economic downturn on Colorado’s nonprofits, it concludes by outlining practices to help strengthen organizations and enhance sustainability.

A four-page executive summary is available at http://www.coloradononprofits.org/documents/WeatheringtheStorm_Executive...

This recent environmental scan was prepared to inform CCVO's strategic planning work. We recognize a value that extends beyond its original intent, following a growing number of requests to share its contents with the sector.

Edmonton Journal, November 20, 2007

"Public Good Exemption" amendment to the Lobbyist Act that would exempt nonprofits and charities is praised by the nonprofit sector,

This report summarizes discussions from a meeting in November 2005 that brought together representatives from the voluntary sector; all levels of government; and funding organizations. The following key issues were discussed: the role of government in funding the voluntary sector; perceptions of duplication and proliferation of nonprofits and charities; funding of overhead and administrative costs; and project funding and core funding.