Member Benefits
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Have a tax or legal question?
Confused about CRA rules and regulations? Who is a qualified donee? What is an allowable charitable activity? Need investment benchmark information? If we don’t have the information, we will refer you to someone who does. |
Looking for tools to help you manage your foundation operations?
We have good governance guidelines, terms of reference for investment and granting committees, and more. |
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Looking for tools to help you with your grantmaking?
We have good grantmaking guidelines, sample grant request applications and reports, agency agreements, grantee approval and decline letters and more. |
Looking for a staff person or have a human resources question?
We have sample job descriptions, HR policies, salary and benefits benchmark information and we can post your job offer on our website or help you find a HR consultant. |
Need help managing change in your foundation?
Succession planning? Want to rethink your foundation grantmaking strategy? Looking for a philanthropy consultant? We can suggest resources to help you manage the transition. |
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Looking for foundations that have similar interests or who are engaged in a particular geographical area?
Poverty? Youth? Environment? International development? By province? We can do the research for you. |
Have a query that you would like to put to your PFC peers?
Let us know and we can get it out to the network and we can provide customized support to help you find the information you need. |
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Want to inform our membership about a project, program or issue you are working on?
Share your story: we will edit & design the story for you and post it on our website or feature it in our monthly newsletter. |
New to philanthropy?
Need current information on the sector? Consult our monthly newsletter, participate in our professional development webinars, workshops and biennial philanthropy conference to connect with other foundation directors, trustees and staff. |
Additional Member Benefits
PFC is offering members exclusive access to the GAIN program, a shared purchasing program that can provide you with significant savings on employee health and life insurance, property and liability insurance, as well as offices supplies and IT and teleconferencing needs. As an incentive for PFC members, ASSOCIUM is offering an “Early Adopter” discount on the annual GAIN membership fee until December 31, 2012 and an on-going discount thereafter. For more information contact lgoulet@pfc.ca.
PFC is working in partnership with Alliance Magazine to offer members a 20% discount on subscriptions. Alliance is a global resource for philanthropy and social investment professionals worldwide. It provides news and analysis of what's happening in this sector and is the only quarterly magazine of its kind with a global focus. You can discover more about Alliance on their website, www.alliancemagazine.org. For more information contact lgoulet@pfc.ca.
