Facing the Storm Report Launch Feb 21| Boland Survey is Open
Facing the Storm Report Launch
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 | 10:00AM-11:00AM | DECIDEDLY JAZZ DANCEWORKS
This year we had a record number of responses submitted to our State of the Sector survey. Come find out the results from this survey and see the biggest trends and concerns for Alberta's nonprofit sector at our report launch. Following the report launch there will be a short social with light refreshments.
PROGRAM
10:00AM Report Launch
10:30AM Social
Welcoming Students Into Your Organization: Tools, Tips, and Resources
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22 | 11:30AM-1:00PM | KAHANOFF CENTRE
Join TalentED YYC and CCVO for an activity-based workshop with ideas and resources on creating a quality student-onboarding experience. Outcomes include the ability to:
Describe the importance of onboarding and considerations in how student onboarding differs from onboarding other employees
Identify different onboarding components that affect your organization, including the level of interaction and support you will receive from a post-secondary partner via different Work-Integrated Learning options
Determine onboarding essentials and timelines that work best for your organization
Create a high-level orientation plan to introduce a student to your workplace culture, management style, and expectations
Network with human resources representatives, post-secondary partners, and the TalentED YYC team, available to further support you with referrals, assessing student-based opportunities, and funding application processes
Gain early access to TalentED YYC’s Employer Resource Hub - an employer tool to help you navigate various employer student onboarding resources
Boland Survey Open
The 2024 Boland Survey is now open. The Survey will be open for participation until April 30. The Boland Survey is the most comprehensive source of nonprofit sector compensation data in Canada. It has compensation information for 96 positions as well as data on flex time, on-boarding, paid time off, professional development practices, employee recognition, recruitment practices and more. View sample reports here.
Taking part in the Boland Survey takes around 1-3 hours of time and gets you a discount on the 2024 survey reports. Adding your information also helps deepen the shared understanding of the labour market and HR trends. Subscription rates are based on organization size and can be found here. Reports for this year will be released in July.
Save the Date: Budget Analysis and Political Gossip With Friends - March 5
Save the date for an analysis of Alberta's 2024 budget followed by some political gossip with friends on March 5 from 12:00-1:15pm. This event is hosted by The Nonprofit Vote.
Policy Highlights
The New T3010
Rebekah Timm, Miller Thomson
On January 8, 2024, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) released its latest version—the 24th version—of Form T3010 (Registered Charity Information Return). The latest version of Form T3010 introduces some new reporting requirements. Specifically, it is seeking information about whether charities are meeting their disbursement quota obligations and information related to investments and donor advised funds (DAFs) held by charities.
Under the new T3010, charities must complete a new Schedule 8 and provide information on their disbursement quotas. In the new T3010, charities must provide details about any DAFs they held during the fiscal period. Under Schedule 1 of the new T3010, a foundation must indicate the total value of all restricted funds that it held at the end of the fiscal period and the amount of the restricted funds that the foundation was not allowed to spend due to a funder’s written trust or direction. Read more here.
Learning Opportunities
Using AI for Project Evaluation
Feb 12 | online
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Cutting Through All The BS So We Can Actually Prioritize Workplace Wellbeing
Feb 13 | online
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Board Development Program - Financial Responsibilities
Feb 14 | online
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Understanding the Changing Landscape of our Workforce
Feb 15 | SAIT
REGISTER
Funding & Grants
City of Calgary Circular Economy Grant
The Circular Economy Grant (CEG) provides funding for nonprofits to lead local waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting initiatives to help Calgary move to a circular economy. Grants range from $5,000 to $25,000. Proposed projects should be in Calgary, and the project should be completed within one year. Nonprofits must be registered in Alberta. The deadline to apply is February 28, 2024. Find out more information and apply here.
Paul Barber Foundation Female Leadership and Empowerment Grant
The Female Leadership and Empowerment Grant promotes gender equality for women, girls, and gender-diverse people in professional settings where they are currently underrepresented. Projects should meet one or more of the following objectives:
Help improve gender equality in professions where women are underrepresented, such as STEM, finance, trades, or entrepreneurship
Help young girls learn about and embrace areas of study where females are underrepresented
To facilitate the advancement of women in leadership positions
All objectives include non-binary and all female-identifying people, regardless of gender assigned at birth. Special consideration will be given to projects that also address elevating people from marginalized background or inclusivity and diversity.
Applications are open to registered charities. Nonprofits that are not registered charities can apply with a registered charity. Charities can apply for up to $30,000 of funding a year and grants can last from one to four years. The deadline for preliminary applications is February 20. Find the application and further details here.
Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program Organizational Capacity Building Component
The Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program (MARP) supports the mandate of the Department of Canadian Heritage by building on Canada's strength as a diverse and inclusive society. The Organizational Capacity Building (OCB) component of (MARP) provides funding that will contribute to an organization's ability to:
advance anti-racism and promote intercultural and interfaith understanding
provide equitable opportunities
promote dialogue on multiculturalism and anti-racism
build understanding of disparities
Projects should build or strengthen an organization’s capacity to operate, and will help achieve one or more of the following expected results:
improved financial management
stronger human resource capacity (both staff and volunteers)
enhanced governing practices
increased partnership and networking abilities
creation or improvement of strategic plans
Canadian nonprofits, Indigenous nonprofits and Indigenous governments are welcome to apply. Organizations can receive up to $100,000 per initiative. See the grant application here.
Calgary Foundation Community Grants
The Community Grants program aims to strengthen the charitable sector and engage citizens. Community Grants can fund existing programming (for organizations with an operating budget less than $4M), new and expanded programming, and organizational development. The proposed initiative must significantly benefit Calgary and area communities, which includes Calgary, Banff National Park, Canmore, Rocky View County, the Municipal Districts of Big Horn, Foothills, Kananaskis and Wheatland (including towns and hamlets), and the surrounding First Nations of Treaty 7 territory.
There is no minimum or maximum grant amount. The average grant request is around $70,000. There is also no fixed timeframe that initiatives must be completed by. The grant is open to registered charities and qualified donees. Find out more information and apply here.
Blogs & More
We Asked Leaders in the Charitable and Non-profit Sector What’s Top of Mind for Them in 2024
Sharon Riley, The Philanthropist Journal
But it’s been a tough year for many charities and non-profits. Rising costs and demands for services, increased polarization, devastating world events – all take a toll on the sector, its people, and the people it serves. Add in the backdrop of a record-breaking year for Canadian wildfires and other climate-related emergencies and the intense pressure on the sector is clear. Taken together, the sector is facing what’s been dubbed a “polycrisis” – a confluence of global crises with compounding effects, from climate emergencies to affordability to the housing crisis to racism to stretched healthcare systems. Read more→
Artificial Intelligence and Nonprofits: Panacea or Pandora’s Box?
Mary Barroll & guests, Charity Village
So as folks are thinking about how AI will be used in the future or whatever technology, as it applies to nonprofits, when there's opportunities to help things go faster or more efficiently, that's where we'll see AI continue to be used. I think it is really important to continue exploring how can we use AI to really build the human relationship. We're not going to replace a coffee meeting with sending an AI bot. It's how do we use AI to build on those relationships that we have that help support our organizations. Listen here→