The Government of Alberta has launched a new website that provides comprehensive information and resources to support nonprofits serving Albertans. It includes information on how to start, fund, manage and end a nonprofit; available programs, services and grants for nonprofits; nonprofit data; learning and capacity building opportunities; and board member training. Check out the new site here.
Read MoreThe Government of Alberta is currently looking for feedback to help decide the direction of the 2023 budget. A short online survey is open until January 15, 2023. The survey covers spending priorities and options for what to do with the projected 2022/2023 surplus.
Read MoreIn July 2019, the Alberta government launched a public inquiry into the foreign funding sources of environmental groups who are critical of Alberta’s energy sector policies. Before that, Premier Kenney promised to establish an ‘Energy War Room’ to respond to campaigns directed at Alberta's oil and gas sector. This blog post covers what we know and how we think it might impact the nonprofit sector, particularly organizations that hold charitable status designation through the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
Read MoreThe provincial government’s Fiscal Plan for 2021 includes recurring themes of economic recovery, economic growth, and job creation. This report, created in partnership with the Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations (ECVO), is an analysis of Budget 2021 as it relates to the nonprofit sector in Alberta, which includes highlights of key Ministries.
Read MoreOver the last few months, CCVO has drafted several recommendations and released them in a blog series. These recommendations built on the report we released this summer where CCVO committed to supporting the nonprofit sector in making the COVID-19 crisis an opportunity. This final blog post revisits the importance of a community prosperity strategy and the recommendations that we have drafted for each set of stakeholders.
Read MoreOur previous #ABCommunityAdvantage posts provided recommendations for the nonprofit sector, the provincial government, and funders and other stakeholders to build a Community Prosperity Strategy that leverages the Alberta Community Advantage. This post focuses on recommendations for the private sector and how it can continue to support the nonprofit sector.
Read MoreIn our previous #ABCommunityAdvantage posts, CCVO suggested recommendations for the provincial government and the nonprofit sector in building a Community Prosperity Strategy that leverages the Alberta Community Advantage. This post focuses on recommendations for funders and other stakeholders, who have also had to make rapid pivots since the onset of the pandemic.
Read MoreCCVO’s previous #ABCommunityAdvantage post highlighted recommendations and the role nonprofits can play in the current efforts to build back and work towards a Community Prosperity Strategy. This blog post focuses on recommendations for the Government of Alberta and the importance of the nonprofit sector in Alberta’s Recovery Plan, as previous analysis from CCVO showed that the nonprofit sector was not meaningfully included in this plan.
Read MoreThe nonprofit sector is essential in building the economic recovery of our communities. In the next post of our #ABCommunityAdvantage series, Marokh Yousifshahi provides recommendations on how nonprofits can take action now and prepare their organizations in recovery efforts.
Read MoreOn June 29, 2020, the Government of Alberta released their Alberta Recovery Plan to drive economic activity within the province in response to the devastating impacts of COVID-19. On August 27, 2020, the province released its first-quarter fiscal update that projects a historical deficit of $24.2 billion and focuses on spending, not revenue. This blog post covers the details of the recovery plan and what the nonprofit sector will need moving forward into recovery.
Read MoreIn early June, the Government of Alberta released the Freedom to Care Act survey to gather input from the nonprofit sector. The Freedom to Care Act was first introduced in the United Conservative Party (UCP) 2019 election platform. In this blog post, CCVO discusses the Freedom to Care Act and provides our responses to the relevant Freedom to Care Act Survey questions below.
Read MoreThe reopening of many businesses in Calgary and Brooks on May 25 marked the implementation of Stage 1 of the provincial relaunch strategy for all regions in Alberta. Nonprofits and registered charities are in the same category as small businesses for the purpose of federal benefits such as the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program. However, as this blog post discusses, the sector's steps to reopening may look quite different from the for-profit industry.
Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that support from all levels of government is critical for many sectors and industries across the country. It is also clear that nonprofits and charities comprise a creative, innovative, and resilient sector in our communities. In this blog post, CCVO discusses the current support from government as well as further initiatives required by the nonprofit and charitable sector as it anticipates the transition from response to recovery from the pandemic crisis.
Read MoreLast month, Premier Jason Kenney announced that the government will launch a public inquiry into the foreign funding sources of environmental groups who are critical of Alberta’s energy sector policies. Before that, Premier Kenney promised to establish an ‘Energy War Room’ to respond to campaigns directed at Alberta's oil and gas sector. Here is what we know and how we think it might impact the nonprofit sector, particularly organizations that hold charitable status designation through the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
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