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Investment choice, flexibility and portability benefits of a Canada Gives Foundation account
When Tom, a successful member of Vancouver’s arts community, connected with his current advisor, who is a licensed insurance broker, it turned out to be a great match. But when the broker—who has expertise in financial planning, but works with third-party firms to manage client investments—decided to change portfolio managers, Tom worried that he would […]
Canada Gives donors give $20 million in grants in 2020
When Canada Gives was founded in 2005/6, the goal was to facilitate and expand charitable grants by donors making major gifts to the not-for-profit sector; maximizing the giving experience of donors while adding value to the not-for-profit sector was our top priority. The goal was to position our fledging charity as the premier administrator of […]
A holiday ‘thanks’ to all of our active and generous philanthropists
What a year 2020 has been. Since mid-March, we’ve seen major disruption across virtually every facet of Canadian society as the coronavirus pandemic took hold. The charitable sector, as a whole, witnessed an immediate decline in donations even as their programs and services were relied on more heavily. Then came the lockdowns that curbed non-profits’ […]