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“I was by far one of the most experienced fundraisers across the foundation, but that was not reflected in title, and it certainly was not reflected in pay.”

Coverage: @sherlynassam.bsky.social
Illustration: Stacy Bellanger Bien-Aimé

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Overworked, overlooked, and underpaid: How women are addressing sexism in the philanthropic sector - The Philanthropist Journal
Women working in the charitable and non-profit sector are making sacrifices and building strategies to secure leadership positions despite barriers – or leaving altogether.
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The non-profit sector’s “trilemma” is increasing each year: more demand for charitable services, more financial instability across organizations, and more workforce challenges.

Here are the problems and solutions, according to the data.

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How data is helping experts navigate the non-profit sector’s capacity and funding issues - The Philanthropist Journal
Charities and non-profits are struggling with a “trilemma”: rising demand for their services, financial instability, and workforce precarity. Here are the problems and solutions, according to the data...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Tanya Rumble shares the moment she realized that stories can heal or harm, depending on how we choose to tell them.

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When storytelling isn’t neutral: Lessons from Vietnam and the future of philanthropy - The Philanthropist Journal
By integrating ethical storytelling into their fundraising and communications practices, organizations can build trust, celebrate complexity, and restore dignity, Tanya Rumble says.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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À LIRE 🗞 | « Comment décoloniser l'aide internationale et nous assurer de faire partie de la solution plutôt que d'être les gardiens d'un système qui s'effondre ? »

Notre DG @beavaugrante.bsky.social en entrevue avec The Philanthropist Journal (en anglais).

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Canada’s global influence in a turbulent and uncertain world - The Philanthropist Journal
While civil society and international cooperation face existential challenges, organizers of the Cooperation Canada Leaders’ Forum see an opportunity to revive hope through unity, solidarity, and coll...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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“I was by far one of the most experienced fundraisers across the foundation, but that was not reflected in title, and it certainly was not reflected in pay.”

Coverage: @sherlynassam.bsky.social
Illustration: Stacy Bellanger Bien-Aimé

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Overworked, overlooked, and underpaid: How women are addressing sexism in the philanthropic sector - The Philanthropist Journal
Women working in the charitable and non-profit sector are making sacrifices and building strategies to secure leadership positions despite barriers – or leaving altogether.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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At The Walrus Talks Philanthropy in a Changing Canada, Donna-Lynn Rosa, CEO of Atira Women’s Resource Society, argues that philanthropy must pivot from excessive administration to strong, trust-based relationships. Hear more: www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walru...
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Applications for our Early-Career Journalism Fellowship are now open! The fellowship, a joint undertaking with @thephilanthropist.ca, provides one Black and/or Indigenous journalist an opportunity to write about issues that matter to their community and civil society. thelocal.to/early-career...
Early-Career Journalism Fellowship
The fellowship provides one Black and/or Indigenous journalist an opportunity to write about issues that matter to their community and civil society.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Vu Le @nonprofitaf.bsky.social has just released his first book: Reimagining Nonprofits and Philanthropy: Unlocking the Full Potential of a Vital and Complex Sector.

Interview by Holly Jonas
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Vu Le: How to reimagine non-profits and philanthropy in an era of rising autocracy - The Philanthropist Journal
After more than a decade of writing scathing (and often hilarious) critiques on his Nonprofit AF blog, Vu Le shares what’s holding us back, what progressives can learn from conservative philanthropy i...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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“Whether your focus is poverty, homelessness, or climate, without journalism those missions are very hard to accomplish,” says Niamh Leonard, executive director of the @euphrosinefdn.bsky.social

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Independent journalism and philanthropy are coming to a realization: they need each other - The Philanthropist Journal
While the relationship between philanthropy and community journalism is still nascent in Canada compared to some other countries, the value of local news – and the need to support it – is being increa...
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October 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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La philanthropie à la rescousse de la pénurie de logements au Canada - The Philanthropist Journal
Le Canada est en pleine crise du logement – plus précisément, une crise du logement abordable. Selon Derek Ballantyne, ancien président du
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September 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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“What the private sector is good at is building lots of things. But it’s not geared towards building affordability because it doesn’t derive a profit.” @thephilanthropist.ca
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How philanthropy can help Canada build its way out of a housing shortage - The Philanthropist Journal
Through funding and advocating for policy changes, foundations and philanthropic organizations have a significant role to play in tackling Canada’s housing crisis, contributor Toula Drimonis writes.
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September 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Canada is in the throes of a housing crisis. More specifically, an affordable-housing crisis.

Coverage by @mtltoula.bsky.social

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How philanthropy can help Canada build its way out of a housing shortage - The Philanthropist Journal
Through funding and advocating for policy changes, foundations and philanthropic organizations have a significant role to play in tackling Canada’s housing crisis, contributor Toula Drimonis writes.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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🇨🇦 This year, several organizations are raising the alarm on rising rates of poverty in Canada, which affect & are affected by a lack of affordable housing, inadequate social assistance, & food insecurity.

Read more about some of the sector’s submissions here ➡️: tinyurl.com/3s8sbrrt
Affordable housing, robust benefits, transparency and more: 7 things the social sector wants from Budget 2025 | Future of Good
The social sector is demanding a renewed focus on housing and social assistance as part of its federal pre-budget submissions.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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“The level of connection and friendship between community members, staff, and collaborators – it’s different than anything I have ever seen in philanthropy.”

Lessons from the Northern Manitoba Food, Culture, and Community Collaborative.

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Northern Manitoba shows philanthropy how to move from transaction to transformation - The Philanthropist Journal
The lessons emerging from the work of the Northern Manitoba Food, Culture, and Community Collaborative – about collaboration, relationships, and learning to be a good helper – “can and should be adopt...
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September 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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In the latest Charity Village Connects podcast episode, our Executive Director, Anouk Bertner, discusses recent research that found individuals who work at food banks are experiencing food insecurity themselves.

Listen to the full CharityVillage Connects podcast episode! 🎙️

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September 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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When Ibukun Orefuja created Black Business Edmonton in January 2023, he wasn’t planning to start a movement; he simply wanted to bring Black-owned businesses together.

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How one Alberta non-profit is flipping the script on philanthropy and advancing economic justice - The Philanthropist Journal
From showcasing entrepreneurs to helping people register their businesses or apply for funding and grants, Black Business Edmonton teaches entrepreneurs how to show up confidently in spaces where they...
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August 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Worth reading from our archives!
August 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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I had the pleasure of being profiled in @thephilanthropist.ca about my work as an illustrator and anthropologist.

These two layers of my practice rarely get to shine under the same roof, so many thanks to @gordonbowness.bsky.social for the generous portrait!

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Illustrating work - The Philanthropist Journal
Illustrator and anthropologist Julien Posture discusses how human misunderstanding and machine learning devalue creative labour.
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August 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Last but not least: illustrator and animator Claire Nest for @thephilanthropist.ca . Key takeaway: Trust creatives' expertise.
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Illustrator and animator Claire Nest sets ideas in motion - The Philanthropist Journal
For Claire Nest, trust is the key to working well with illustrators – and impact is the result.
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August 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Thanks to @thephilanthropist.ca for sharing this oldie - but goody - article on Nourish in their 'From the Archives' section of their e-newsletter. Authors reflect on Nourish's role in systems change - where food and health care intersect. 🍏

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Nourish: Transforming food in healthcare using systems innovation - The Philanthropist Journal
For too long, “hospital food” has been synonymous with “bad food.” But an initiative called Nourish aims to change that association by focusing on the interface between food and healthcare systems.
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August 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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"What this book does make clear is that the status quo of a results-driven orientation that pays lip service to problem analysis is penny wise and pound foolish."
Peter Elson reviews @jamesstauch.bsky.social's new book.

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The 55 Minutes: Take time to zoom out - The Philanthropist Journal
James Stauch’s book is a great way to learn about the basics of systems and their role in the world, society, and personal lives, and will help anyone, anywhere who wants to address real-world issues ...
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August 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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“...I don’t think I realized till later how special it is to be able to work on projects that actually align with your values. Not everybody gets to do that.”

New profile of Maïa Faddoul by @gordonbowness.bsky.social

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Illustrator and designer Maïa Faddoul’s invitation to community - The Philanthropist Journal
Maïa Faddoul’s bright colours, cheerful patterns, and uplifting depictions of human courage and connection are often in the service of community and rights organizations.
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August 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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A delight to work with the folks @thephilanthropist.ca on this series profiling illustrators... something I know a bit about ;-) Kicks off with the unique perspective of illustrator and anthropologist Julien Posture.
Illustrating work - The Philanthropist Journal
Illustrator and anthropologist Julien Posture discusses how human misunderstanding and machine learning devalue creative labour.
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July 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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35 years ago today, on July 11, 1990, Quebec provincial police officers armed with assault rifles arrived at the barricade erected by Mohawk land defenders. It would be the beginning of the ‘Oka Crisis.’ My interview with Ellen Gabriel for @thephilanthropist.ca
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Ellen Gabriel: 35 years after the so-called Oka Crisis - The Philanthropist Journal
More than three decades after the Mohawk Resistance at Kanesatake, the activist, artist, and filmmaker who was on the front lines doesn’t see much progress in Canada’s treatment of Indigenous Peoples....
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July 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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"This is resilience infrastructure: quiet, load-bearing, and invisible until it fails."

Lindsay Glassco of Plan International Canada on why foreign aid is not an optional "nice-to-have" but a vital investment in our shared well-being in a deeply interconnected world.

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Foreign aid isn’t optional – it’s infrastructure - The Philanthropist Journal
We often frame international aid as charity, a nice-to-have when the books balance, Plan Canada’s Lindsay Glassco writes. But in a deeply connected world, shaped by conflict, climate, and contagion, i...
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July 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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35 years after the so-called ‘Oka Crisis,’ Kanien’kehá:ka activist hasn’t seen much progress from ‘Canada’
Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel reflects on the 1990 Mohawk resistance in her recent book ‘When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance’

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35 years after the so-called 'Oka Crisis,' Kanien'kehá:ka activist hasn't seen much progress from 'Canada'
Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel reflects on the 1990 Mohawk resistance in her recent book 'When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance'
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July 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM