(November 4, 2021) Justice Fund Toronto made its position on philanthropic reform clear today as it pulled an 18-wheeler up in front of Toronto City Hall with the unmistakable message "Charitable" Institutions in Canada are Hoarding $85,000,000,000 festooned on its big-rig side, and parked it there for the entire day. The word charitable was in quotation marks. The direct … [Read more...] about #MovetheMoney: Community organizing to protest hoarding by charitable foundations begins
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As the disbursement quota consultation begins, the hoarding of money goes under the microscope
(August 19, 2021) The federal budget released in April made the prospect of increasing the disbursement quota very real when it included direction for a disbursement quota consultation, Boosting charitable spending in our communities, which is taking submissions until September 30. Notwithstanding a recently called election, the prospect of charitable foundations being … [Read more...] about As the disbursement quota consultation begins, the hoarding of money goes under the microscope
Charity Report Top 10 Stories of 2021
(December 20, 2021) When we look back on The Charity Report Top 10 Stories of 2021, we are like most people and view the year through the prism of the Covid pandemic … still the pandemic. The Charity Report will always remember how old we are because we are the same age as the pandemic—21 months—launching two days after the prime minister closed the country to outside … [Read more...] about Charity Report Top 10 Stories of 2021
Calls to increase the disbursement quota growing louder: ‘Foundations are hoarding wealth’
(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’
The anatomy of a right wing protest
(February 19, 2022) At the end of January, The Charity Report’s contributing editor Kathleen Adamson, decided to go to a right wing protest, ostensibly anti-vax protests that have been happening on a weekly basis in Montreal and attended by an increasing mix of white supremacist, right wing extremist, anti-government protesters. She writes about her experience for The Charity … [Read more...] about The anatomy of a right wing protest