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IN THIS
ISSUE…
Top 10 for 2006
Year-End Giving
Guide
NEWS AND
OPINION
Federal Cutbacks Have Serious Implications for
Canada’s Critical Non-Profits
PROFILE:
The National Post features The Funding
Network-Toronto
MUST-READS
Public
expresses views about charities: The Muttart Foundation’s “Talking About Charities
2006”
Survey
Imagine Canada’s Survey of Participating and
Volunteering
Report
Advancing the Non-Profit
Sector
by
Lynn Eakin, Metcalfe Foundation Innovation Fellow
New Funding
Research
Taking Stock:
Examining the Financing of Nonprofit Community Organizations in
Calgary
by the
Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations
UPCOMING
EVENTS
January
2007: Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise
March 2007: 2007 Skoll World Forum on Social
Entrepreneurship
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Season’s
Greetings,
, from Tides Canada!
With
2006 drawing to a close, many of us will be making charitable gifts. As
you may know, this year, the federal government entirely eliminated
capital gains tax on gifts of appreciated publicly traded securities.
Donors will be exempt from tax on capital gains when they donate shares to
a public foundation such as Tides Canada or a registered charity like Sage
Centre. Learn more about the tax
incentives for donations to public foundations and registered charities.
For those making charitable gifts before December 31st, please
consult our Year-End
Giving Guide for information on donation deadlines and our holiday office
hours.
Tides Canada’s
“Top 10 for 2006”
We
have a year-end tradition here at Tides Canada where we highlight
innovative charities, organizations, or projects across Canada and
their high-impact, path-breaking work. In pursuing our mission of
connecting donors with grantees, we’ve discovered many fabulous
organizations led by passionate social entrepreneurs effecting change in
key issue areas.
This year’s Top Ten picks are making real inroads
in response to thorny, seemingly intractable issues such as: affordable
housing, poverty reduction, fair-trade, famine, and forest and ocean
conservation. Two are social enterprises that employ marginalized
Canadians while diverting millions of pounds of waste from landfills.
Considering the size and complexity of the issues and communities they
serve, these groups have developed unique approaches that all sectors can
learn from.
The Top 10 for
2006
Of course, there are thousands of excellent
charities and organizations many of whom we work or have worked with.
View a list of
charities that Tides Canada, with help from our donor partners, has
supported.
Many funds at Tides Canada that support amazing
charitable projects and programs gratefully accept donations. View the list of these
funds. In addition, our
Field
of Interest Funds directed by Tides Canada, advised by experts across
Canada, help build resources for critical environmental
conservation and social justice work.
All the
best to you and yours this holiday season and have a wonderful new year!
Tim
Draimin, Executive Director
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