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Join ONN in calling for a dedicated Public Benefit Corporations Act in Ontario
The Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN), expert working group has prepared three responses to the three consultation papers on the Corporations Act issued by the Government of Ontario. All three can now be found on the brand new ONN website.
Please check it out the [...]

The Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN), expert working group has been hard at work on a more detailed study of the legislative options for public benefit organizations and drafting these briefing notes for the field.Act now! Make sure your organization participates in the consultation process and take the time to forward this brief to your networks. [...]

A Study of the Administrative Burden Resulting From Funder Accountability and Compliance Practices.
My research on the administrative burden resulting from funder accountability and compliance practices is now available. Undertaken with the support of the Wellesley Institute, the studies findings will help nonprofit organizations and their funders improve their effectiveness and responsiveness.
Some excerpts:
“The findings are [...]

Since my memo in June 2007 proposing that a network, rather than an organization, was a better fit for the nonprofit sector two things have happened.
Firstly, in contrast to my first paper which was met with a resounding silence, my network proposal generated many enthusiastic responses. Many of you contacted me to say what a [...]

In my previous post I introduced the paper Advancing the Nonprofit Sector� in which I identified the key characteristics for successfully organizing the nonprofit sector as – independent (non-government) funding, cross sector involvement, experienced volunteer and staff leadership, and an open functional structure.
I then set out to speak with many people in the various [...]

“The time has come to work together to address our common challenges and opportunities” Over 400 nonprofit leaders from 47 states gathered in Washington, D.C.in October 2006 to affirm the nonprofit sector’s shared values, identify the top three priorities and draft state action plans to address these priorities. We will find the report highlights very [...]

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, [...]

Lynn Eakin has a MSW from the University of Toronto and her CSW from the College of Social and Social Service Workers.
Lynn has an in depth understanding of financial issues in the non profit sector. She has been providing consulting services to the not-for- profit sector since 1989 following a career of over twenty years [...]

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