Categories News & Insights Categories PFC News Guest Posts Policy Advisories Interviews Sector Insights Capacity Building Our Work Capacity Building Page 2 Our Capacity Building initiatives bring together our community and sector colleagues of grantmakers to connect, learn, and bring about solutions that advance the common good and work towards more impactful philanthropy. Funder Affinity Groups Affinity Groups bring together individuals from grantmaking organizations, including PFC members and non-members, with shared professional interests to collaborate, learn, and network. These peer-led groups provide a supportive environment for exchanging ideas, tackling challenges, and deepening expertise through regular meetings, discussions, and collaborative projects. Organizations eligible to be included in these groups for funders are: private foundations, public foundations (community foundation), corporate giving programs, not-for-profit grantmakers, government grantmakers, and donor advised funds. Professional Development Our Capacity Building initiatives bring grantmakers together to connect, learn, and bring about solutions that advance the common good and work towards more impactful philanthropy. Our three areas of focus – Capacity Building, Collaboration, Research and Policy – are mutually reinforcing and are at the core of PFC’s work. Through our Professional Development Capacity Building initiatives, PFC offers peer learning opportunities and educational resources for our membership and sector peers. PFC Connects Mission Related Investment Collaborative The MRI Collaborative is a peer community of asset owners, primarily private foundations, who engage in various activities together to foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing. PFC Convenes Program and Grantmaking Staff Affinity Group (PGSAG) PGSAG brings together program and grantmaking staff from foundations and grantmaking organizations across Canada to explore key topics related to program management, funding strategies, and philanthropic practices. PFC Connects Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Funders Affinity Group SOGI Funders’ Affinity Group comprises representatives from Canadian-based philanthropic funders and governments that have a particular interest in funding charities supporting the 2SLGBTQi+ and additional people who identify as part of sexual and gender diverse communities both within and outside Canada. PFC Connects Small Foundations Group We generally meet virtually on a bi-monthly basis from September to June. We offer a welcoming, supportive space for individuals to connect with other small foundations, share […] PFC Connects The Early Child Development Funders Working Group The Early Child Development Funders Working Group (ECDFWG) was established in 2009 as a group of foundations coming together with a simple goal; ensure the availability of quality, publicly funded, early childhood education for every preschool child in Canada. PFC Convenes The Family Foundations Group The Family Foundations Affinity Group is a peer-driven group that allows family foundation staff and family members to meet and share information and best practices.
Funder Affinity Groups Affinity Groups bring together individuals from grantmaking organizations, including PFC members and non-members, with shared professional interests to collaborate, learn, and network. These peer-led groups provide a supportive environment for exchanging ideas, tackling challenges, and deepening expertise through regular meetings, discussions, and collaborative projects. Organizations eligible to be included in these groups for funders are: private foundations, public foundations (community foundation), corporate giving programs, not-for-profit grantmakers, government grantmakers, and donor advised funds.
Professional Development Our Capacity Building initiatives bring grantmakers together to connect, learn, and bring about solutions that advance the common good and work towards more impactful philanthropy. Our three areas of focus – Capacity Building, Collaboration, Research and Policy – are mutually reinforcing and are at the core of PFC’s work. Through our Professional Development Capacity Building initiatives, PFC offers peer learning opportunities and educational resources for our membership and sector peers.
PFC Connects Mission Related Investment Collaborative The MRI Collaborative is a peer community of asset owners, primarily private foundations, who engage in various activities together to foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing.
PFC Convenes Program and Grantmaking Staff Affinity Group (PGSAG) PGSAG brings together program and grantmaking staff from foundations and grantmaking organizations across Canada to explore key topics related to program management, funding strategies, and philanthropic practices.
PFC Connects Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Funders Affinity Group SOGI Funders’ Affinity Group comprises representatives from Canadian-based philanthropic funders and governments that have a particular interest in funding charities supporting the 2SLGBTQi+ and additional people who identify as part of sexual and gender diverse communities both within and outside Canada.
PFC Connects Small Foundations Group We generally meet virtually on a bi-monthly basis from September to June. We offer a welcoming, supportive space for individuals to connect with other small foundations, share […]
PFC Connects The Early Child Development Funders Working Group The Early Child Development Funders Working Group (ECDFWG) was established in 2009 as a group of foundations coming together with a simple goal; ensure the availability of quality, publicly funded, early childhood education for every preschool child in Canada.
PFC Convenes The Family Foundations Group The Family Foundations Affinity Group is a peer-driven group that allows family foundation staff and family members to meet and share information and best practices.