(January 23, 2023) With its release of Community Giving: The Growth and Giving Priorities of Community Foundations, The Charity Report looks at their history and giving practices. Community foundations have existed in Canada for more than 100 years, with The Winnipeg Foundation being established in 1912. They are organized with the local need of the community in … [Read more...] about Community Giving: The Growth and Giving Priorities of Community Foundations
Who Give and Who Gets: The Beneficiaries of Private Foundation Philanthropy
(January 23, 2023) In Who Give and Who Gets: The Beneficiaries of Private Foundation Philanthropy, The Charity Report looks at the recipients of private foundation giving. The Top 20 Private Foundations cumulatively donated approximately $1.63 billion between 2014/2015 and 2018/2019, as applicable. About two thirds of the money was given to … [Read more...] about Who Give and Who Gets: The Beneficiaries of Private Foundation Philanthropy
Where Wealth Resides: The funding of philanthropy in Canada
(January 23, 2023) In Where Wealth Resides: The funding of philanthropy in Canada, The Charity Report demonstrates how charity sector is not exempt from this hierarchy of wealth. Even among statements of generosity and intentions of altruism, questions arise about the amount of wealth being amassed in corners of the charitable sector, the tax policies that allow … [Read more...] about Where Wealth Resides: The funding of philanthropy in Canada
The Cost of Conflict: How we measure the global failure in Syria
(January 23, 2023) On May 20, 2020, The Charity Report released its first subscriber-only intelligence report The Cost of Conflict: How we measure the global failure in Syria. The Cost of Conflict looks at how the involvement of three iNGOs deepened in Syria between 2009 to 2018 grew to such an intensity that it ended up costing them billions of dollars and … [Read more...] about The Cost of Conflict: How we measure the global failure in Syria
‘Notwithstanding clause’ applied to pass Quebec’s Bill 96
(July 5, 2022) On May 24, Quebec’s legislature passed Bill 96 into law. As reported by the Guardian the Bill "will require new immigrants and refugees to communicate with provincial officials exclusively in French six months after arriving or face a loss of services. The bill also limits the use of English in the legal system and caps enrolment at the province’s … [Read more...] about ‘Notwithstanding clause’ applied to pass Quebec’s Bill 96