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Pitching in: Fundraising for The Caribbean Canada Emerging Leaders Dialogue 2025
Picture for Globe + Mail April Canada House reception (full)-050.jpg. Photo credit: Fergus Burnett Caribbean Canada Emerging Leaders Dialogue (CCELD) 2025 Chair Wes Hall; High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom Ralph Goodale; President of the Duke of Edinburgh Commonwealth Study Conferences (DECSC) Canada Agnes Di Leonardi
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Why are women still underrepresented in non-profit leadership?
Kimberly Carson, CEO of Breast Cancer Canada, says that there needs to be a shift in thinking “from the top down” if women are to lead equitably in the non-profit space.
world
World Central Kitchen to resume Gaza aid a month after staff killed in Israeli strike
FILE PHOTO: Members of "World Central Kitchen" prepare food for Palestinians, in the location given as Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in this picture released on March 21, 2024 and obtained from social media. Courtesy of @chefjoseandres via X/via REUTERS /File Photo
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Joe Biden and Jill Biden report 7% income rise in latest release of tax returns
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden gestures while he speaks as first lady Jill Biden stands next to him during a campaign event at Strath Haven Middle School in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, U.S, March 8, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
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United Nations suspends movement of aid at night in Gaza after killing of World Central Kitchen staff
The Open Arms vessel which ferried food rations provided by aid group World Central Kitchen to the Gaza Strip, is docked in the port of Larnaca on the southern coast of Cyprus on April 3, 2024. Israeli bombardment killed seven staff of the US-based food charity World Central Kitchen on April 1 in an attack that the UN chief labelled "unconscionable" and "an inevitable result of the way the war is being conducted". (Photo by Etienne TORBEY / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE TORBEY/AFP via Getty Images)
world
The story of José Andrés’s World Central Kitchen, the charity at the centre of the Israeli air strike in Gaza
world
U.S. racing to prepare Gaza jetty by May 1, says official
FILE PHOTO: The Open Arms, a rescue vessel owned by a Spanish NGO, departs with humanitarian aid for Gaza from the port of Larnaca, Cyprus, March 12, 2024. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou/File Photo
world
King Charles doing ‘very well’, Camilla tells Belfast crowds
FILE PHOTO: Britain's King Charles reads cards and messages, sent by well-wishers following his cancer diagnosis, in the 18th Century Room of the Belgian Suite in Buckingham Palace, London, Britain, February 21, 2024. Jonathan Brady/Pool via REUTERS
opinion
The Super Bowl is a hot spot for sex trafficking. Here’s how businesses can help combat it
Rita Trichur
opinion
Why using donor-advised funds in estate planning can have the greatest impact for charitable giving
Jessica Feldman Chittley
financial facelift
Can Maxwell, 64, and Tara, 63, afford to ‘loosen the purse strings’ in retirement?
Glenn Lowson photo/The Globe and Mail Facelift
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Pitching in: Providing computer and technical training to disadvantaged women and girls
Karyn Steer, Executive Director of iSisters Technology Mentoring pose for a portrait September 7, 2023 in Wakefield, Quebec. Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail
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Pitching in: A foundation to support pharmacists in Africa
Philip Harrison at the University of Botswana, talking to pharmacy students and handing out donated books. HANDOUT
canada
Sheila Kussner just raised another $7-million for charity. Her secret? She’s really good at asking Montreal’s elite to donate
Sheila Kussner poses for a portrait in her home office in Montreal on July 18, 2023. Kussner started the foundation Hope & Cope to help cancer survivors. The foundation was designed to meet the emotional and psychosocial needs of cancer survivors and their caregivers. Kussner is herself a cancer survivor from a young age. She is a master fundraiser and has been able to raise millions of dollars over the years for the foundation. (26/06/2023) (Andrej Ivanov/The Globe and Mail)
lives lived
Kindness came easily to Mina Wahidi, who made a difference by helping refugees settle
Wilhelmina (Mina) Wahidi
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Pitching in: Canoe trips and outdoor programs for at-risk youth
Canoe trip leaders and participants in a Project Canoe’s Wilderness Canoe program head out for a five day interior canoe trip, from Cache Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park, on July 12, 2023. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
tax matters
New Canadian tax changes create unmanageable burden for charities
Tim Cestnick
world
CRA typo causes a multimillion-dollar mistake for the Hewitt Foundation
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) headquarters Connaught Building is pictured in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has filed an unfair labour practices complaint against the union representing taxation employees, claiming it is not bargaining in good faith. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Pitching in: Canadian charity One Girl Can offers education, training and mentoring programs for girls in Kenya
Natasha Questel, CEO of One Girl Can, poses for a photo inside the entrance of the building where their Canadian office operates in Coquitlam, B.C. on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Questel is involved in planning the organization’s ninth annual gala, which takes place at the Commodore Ballroom in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (Kayla Isomura/The Globe and Mail)
carrick on money
The long-term decline in people donating to charity is really starting to bite
Rob Carrick
opinion
If charities want to see a vibrant future, they should spend more of their assets today
Lisa Wolverton
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Mining industry’s campaign to fund genetic sequencing technology at BC Children’s Hospital
Dr. Stuart Turvey and research assistant Simran Samra store patient cells in liquid nitrogen at the BC Children’s Hospital on February 8, 2023. Photo: Jennifer Gauthier
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A system to amplify the needs of local charities, and link them with small businesses
Kelly Emery, founder of Troop, is photographed in her home office in Toronto on February 2, 2023. JENNIFER ROBERTS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
personal finance
Let’s make it easier for Canadian taxpayers to give
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) headquarters Connaught Building is pictured in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. A Muslim charity is asking a court to freeze a federal suspension, which prohibits it from issuing tax receipts, while a challenge of the penalty plays out. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Supreme Court won’t hear Muslim charity’s appeal over suspension freeze refusal
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen, Thursday January 16, 2020 in Ottawa. The Supreme Court of Canada will not look at whether the suspension of a Muslim charity should have been put on hold while an administrative challenge of the penalty played out. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Overwhelmed food charities say solution to hunger is higher incomes, not more funding
Canned products sit on shelves at a food bank in Ottawa, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. A Newfoundland and Labrador food charity is shutting down a service due to lack of funding and overwhelming demand, but its chief executive officer says he's not looking for more funding to keep it going.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
alberta
Charities helping to feed Calgary are feeling the pinch of inflation
canada
Documents appearing to come from government sent to Muslim charity were forged: RCMP
opinion
Getting the most bang for your charitable buck isn’t easy
André Picard
André Picard
world
Pope Francis marks 86th birthday giving awards for charity
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A winter dip raises $167,000 for mental-health programs
politics
RCMP probes elaborate scam targeting Canada’s largest Muslim organization
life
Gift bags brimming with local goods boost Toronto businesses
tax matters
This holiday season, don’t be like Scrooge and give to charity
Tim Cestnick
Tim Cestnick
canada
‘More to do’ on systemic barriers facing Muslim charities, Trudeau acknowledges