Disconnection to Collective Action: Highlights from the 2024 CanadaHelps Giving Report
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The 2024 CanadaHelps Giving Report contains some disturbing news – it found that for the eleventh year running, the number of Canadians making donations to charities has declined. According to the report, this alarming downward trend in donations seems to transcend economic circumstances – in other words, data shows that it is not solely caused by a recession, the pandemic or inflationary spikes. What’s driving this trend and what can nonprofits and charities do to reverse it? We talk to sector experts in this episode of CharityVillage Connects to find out.
Meet Our Guests in Order of Appearance
Duke Chang, President and CEO, CanadaHelpsJulie Fiorini, General Manager, Donor Services & Brand Marketing, CanadaHelpsTovah Barocas, President, Earth RangersJustin Scaini, Executive Vice President, Culture and Chief Strategy Officer, Kids Help PhoneOmar Visram, Co-Founder and CEO, Enkel Backoffice SolutionsCharlotte Field, Partner, Good WorksCathy Mann, Founder, The Fundraising Lab
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About your Host
Mary Barroll, president of CharityVillage, is an online business executive and lawyer with a background in media, technology and IP law. A former CBC journalist and independent TV producer, in 2013 she was appointed General Counsel & VP Media Affairs at CharityVillage.com, Canada’s largest job portal for charities and not for profits in Canada, and then President in 2021. Mary is also President of sister company, TalentEgg.ca, Canada’s No.1, award-winning job board and online career resource that connects top employers with top students and grads.
Additional Resources from this Episode
We've gathered the resources from this episode into one helpful list:
2024 CanadaHelps Giving Report2023 CanadaHelps Giving ReportGenWellEco-Anxiety in Children: Anxious for Action Generosity in Canada (Sector3Insights)Fewer charitable donors, less money donated in 2022 (Statistics Canada) State of the Legacy Nation 2023 (Good Works)Kids Help Phone Launches Largest Youth Mental Health Movement, Feel Out Loud, to Address Crisis in Canada.
Learn more and listen to the full interviews with the guests here.
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