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If there is one galvanizing issue that should unite the nonprofit sector in Ontario, it is the financing and regulatory problems that currently threaten the sector’s well-being. Katherine Scott of the Canada Council on Social Development describes the cumulative impact of these problems as a “perfect storm” in the making.

The sector needs to take action, but it is faced with a dilemma. It has neither the capacity to mount a change initiative on the issues that affects the sector as a whole, nor does it have an umbrella organization that can effectively speak to its concerns at the provincial level. Yet the challenges facing the sector’s health are so critical that those interested in its long-term viability must explore new ways to act to influence change in the nonprofit financing and regulatory environment.

This report outlines promising strategies for creating change in the regulatory and financing of nonprofit organizations in Ontario based on a review of sector organizing efforts in regional, national and international contexts.

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Advancing the Non-Profit Sector