Now available for free download!
Good Governance:
A Guide for Canadian Foundations,
2011 revision
This guide provides an outline of the core elements of good governance for Canadian charitable foundations and grantmakers.
Learn more about key topics for Canadian foundations including legal frameworks, charitable statuses, directors, and governance frameworks.
Changing Philanthropy: 2011 PFC Conference
Changing Philanthropy, new visions, new voices, October 2-4 in Toronto, was a resounding success!
Visit our conference materials page to view plenary speeches and video and check out the conference photo galleries.
Now available: Signposts to the Future of Canadian Philanthropy report that summarizes the themes and highlights of the conference.
Brief to the Standing Committee on Finance
PFC submitted a brief to the 2011 pre-budget hearings of the parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance. The brief addresses public policy as it relates to social investing by foundations and makes two recommendations for a more supportive federal policy environment that will encourage more mission-related investing activity.
Our Latest Great Grant Story:
The Toskan Casale Foundation
Youth, Philanthropy and Making Change: The Story of YPI
In 2001, Julie Toskan-Casale together with her husband Victor Casale and brother Frank Toskan, started a family foundation dedicated to supporting and strengthening local, community-based social service agencies. As one of their main strategies, the Toskan Casale Foundation chose the idea of educating youth to become the philanthropic leaders and community volunteers of tomorrow. To accomplish this, Julie and her colleagues at the Toskan Casale Foundation created the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI), with the aim of teaching philanthropy to high school students. >> read more
