(September 9, 2020) With the installation of new finance minister Chrystia Freeland, Senator Ratna Omidvar is renewing her call to reform the charitable sector. Senator Omidvar was the deputy chair of the Special Senate Committee on the Charity Sector, which ran from January 2018 until it issued a report in June 2019. The role of the committee … [Read more...] about Reform the charitable sector senator urges government
Ratna Omidvar
Private Foundations: Feature Interview with Stephen Huddart, CEO, McConnell Foundation
(July 9, 2020)The Charity Report has just released Where Wealth Resides, a study about the top community and private foundations, and donor advised funds in Canada. The 20 private foundations have cumulative assets of 32 billion, yet only 8 of the 20 are public facing with websites. The McConnell Foundation, which has an extensive public presence and makes a wide range of … [Read more...] about Private Foundations: Feature Interview with Stephen Huddart, CEO, McConnell Foundation
Charity, Philanthropy and the Structures of Racism
(June 17, 2020) Andrew Chunilall became CEO at Community Foundations Canada in 2017, one of a very few people of colour at the leadership table in the philanthropy sector, takes on the subject of racism in philanthropy. Yesterday, he released a significant statement on what it’s like to lead an organization as a person of colour. Chunilall details in his … [Read more...] about Charity, Philanthropy and the Structures of Racism