(February 17, 2021) Canada’s most organized and vocal campaign to increase the disbursement quota (DQ) for public and private foundations is gathering steam. Well-known names in the sector are among the initiative’s most passionate advocates. The effort, dubbed the Increasing the Grants campaign, is calling on the Finance Minister to “significantly increase” … [Read more...] about Calls to increase the disbursement quota growing louder: ‘Foundations are hoarding wealth’
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Poll reveals vast majority of Canadians find foundation giving practices unacceptable
(May 7, 2020) It is unacceptable for charitable foundations to hold tens of billions of dollars in assets, and give only a tiny percentage away each year, according to the 87% of Canadians. This data comes from to a recent poll conducted by Ipsos and Giv3, the organization behind Giving Tuesday in Canada. (The survey has a margin of error of +/-3.5%.) “Canadian taxpayers do … [Read more...] about Poll reveals vast majority of Canadians find foundation giving practices unacceptable