For close to 60 years, the Heart & Stroke Foundation and the dedicated researchers and clinicians they support have generated life-saving knowledge and expertise that has completely revolutionized the treatment and prevention of heart disease and stroke. The Foundation leads in eliminating heart disease and stroke and reducing their impact through the advancement of research and its application, the promotion of healthy living and advocacy. The Foundation has invested more than $1.3 billion over its history advancing prevention and treatment to give Canadians healthy lives free of heart disease and stroke. Heart & Stroke has recently unified its provincial Foundations into one national organization, enabling them to leverage their national strength and brand. The newly unified Heart and Stroke Foundation will be key to achieving national fundraising goals. ... more >

The Canadian Avalanche Foundation (CAF) fundraises for avalanche safety in Canada and provides a critical source of funding to the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) in Revelstoke, BC, a world leader in public avalanche awareness, education and safety services. The Chief Development Officer (CDO) is a newly created position designed to significantly increase fundraising. The CDO will have the opportunity to build and implement a comprehensive and integrated fund development strategy within a newly redesigned structure and relationship between the CAF and the CAC. The CDO will serve as principal liaison and contact with the highly motivated and engaged members of the Canadian Avalanche Foundation Board and will be responsible for all fundraising programs and initiatives. Location Flexible – ideally Revelstoke, Calgary or Vancouver. ... more >

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Are you a skilled relationship builder? Are you a team player? Are you a strong communicator? If you answered yes to those questions, then you’re the person that we’re looking for in helping Children’s Wish become the number one Wish Granting organization in Canada. ... more >

Does your dream job involve working every day with smart, strategic and intrinsically motivated people who are leading Canada’s transition to a clean energy future? Are you thrilled by the prospect of enabling this team with the resources they need to deliver clean energy solutions into the hands of Canada’s decision-makers and key influencers? Can you appreciate and communicate the value of telling it like it is, with the right analysis, at the right time and in the right tone? Are you inspired by passionate, deeply committed donors who don’t care to have their names up in lights but hold you and your colleagues accountable for delivering change? Do you thrive in a non-conventional, entrepreneurial, continuously changing, fast-paced environment? We are Canada’s leading clean energy ‘think and do’ tank and we’d love to meet you. ... more >

In response to the recent release of the “50 Worst Charities” by the Tampa Bay Times and CNN, the president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), Andrew Watt, released the following statement. ... more >

(June 12, 2013) Saint Peter’s University set out to “Do it Again” on May 10, launching a campaign to acquire 424 donors in 24 hours. Learn what helped them not only succeed, but excel! ... more >

(June 12, 2013) There’s so much information online that you’re bound to have missed some of it. Here’s some of the top items, articles, and ideas you need to know about and that can help you find success. ... more >

(June 11, 2013) Before the actual “ask” there’s the research, courting and face-to-face meetings that lead into “the ask.” Here’s how to take those initial first steps. ... more >

(June 6, 2013) Millions of America’s most vulnerable are the true beneficiaries of the charitable tax deduction, the Charitable Giving Coalition said today. Any limits on this 100-year old tax incentive would most hurt the poor and the nonprofit sector, not the donors who give. The Coalition is reminding lawmakers in Washington, D.C. of that fact as they consider comprehensive tax reform proposals. ... more >