Tuesday, August 31, 2004
NFPs / NGOs / Exemplary Resources
Introduction to Creating Charities in Canada (& tons of other stuff)
WEBSITE Reference, Aug. 2004 (QDDQ Services) - Registered charities in Canada are tax exempt and can issue charitable donation receipts for gifts made to them. In order to maintain these privileges, they must spend a minimum amount on charitable activities each year and must file a T3010 Return annually with Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, Charities Directorate. There are two basic steps to setting up a charity in Canada: incorporation and registration. QDDQ Services Inc. offers extensive experience in the incorporation and registration of Canadian charities. http://www.blakebromley.com/Pages/ccintro.html
Introduction to Creating Charities in Canada (& tons of other stuff)
WEBSITE Reference, Aug. 2004 (QDDQ Services) - Registered charities in Canada are tax exempt and can issue charitable donation receipts for gifts made to them. In order to maintain these privileges, they must spend a minimum amount on charitable activities each year and must file a T3010 Return annually with Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, Charities Directorate. There are two basic steps to setting up a charity in Canada: incorporation and registration. QDDQ Services Inc. offers extensive experience in the incorporation and registration of Canadian charities. http://www.blakebromley.com/Pages/ccintro.html
NFP & Volunteer Resources
Idealist.org
WEB Reference, Aug. 2004 (Action Without Borders) - Welcome to Idealist, a project of Action Without Borders . In this site you will find: Over 40,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries, which you can search or browse by name, location or mission. (It's free). Thousands of volunteer opportunities in your community and around the world, and a list of organizations that can help you volunteer abroad. The best Nonprofit Career Center on the Web, with hundreds of job and internship listings. In addition to searching and browsing, individuals can use Idealist to: Define what information you'd like to receive by email from among the job openings, volunteer opportunities, internships, events, and resources posted here by organizations all over the world. For example, you can choose to receive updates about job openings and environmental events in New Zealand, volunteer opportunities next summer in Chile, and human rights resources in Spanish, and receive all of this in no more than one personalized email per day. Design the perfect volunteer opportunity for yourself by setting up one or more Volunteer Profiles with your interests, skills and schedule. These Profiles can then be searched by organizations in Idealist. Find people around the world who share your interests, goals and ideas. http://www.idealist.org.
Idealist.org
WEB Reference, Aug. 2004 (Action Without Borders) - Welcome to Idealist, a project of Action Without Borders . In this site you will find: Over 40,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries, which you can search or browse by name, location or mission. (It's free). Thousands of volunteer opportunities in your community and around the world, and a list of organizations that can help you volunteer abroad. The best Nonprofit Career Center on the Web, with hundreds of job and internship listings. In addition to searching and browsing, individuals can use Idealist to: Define what information you'd like to receive by email from among the job openings, volunteer opportunities, internships, events, and resources posted here by organizations all over the world. For example, you can choose to receive updates about job openings and environmental events in New Zealand, volunteer opportunities next summer in Chile, and human rights resources in Spanish, and receive all of this in no more than one personalized email per day. Design the perfect volunteer opportunity for yourself by setting up one or more Volunteer Profiles with your interests, skills and schedule. These Profiles can then be searched by organizations in Idealist. Find people around the world who share your interests, goals and ideas. http://www.idealist.org.
Event / GVO / EcoDesign – Sept. 20 - 25
Alleviating Poverty
CORTES ISLAND, BC, Aug. 26, 2004 (Hollyhock Leadership Institute) - Greetings: Sept. 20-25th, 2004 ecovillage/community enthusiasts will be meeting at Hollyhock, Cortes Island. Among those presenting will be two winners of the UN World Habitat Award. You are welcome to join us as we look at integrated models of sustainable development: "Ecovillages", while exploring ideas of an international ecovillage event and a N. American cooperative. "The study and application of the ecovillage model is not only for ecologists. The model must be presented in a systemic way, in a non-linear methodology to generate a critical mass and a point of transition. Ecovillages can take people out of poverty and create jobs through the sense and spirit of community. Ecovillages can restore human dignity in a profound way." (Fritjof Capra, Fundacao Gaia) Please visit our web site: http://www.ecovillage.org/conference/index.htm. Post Conference Events include: "Ecovillage Design" at Kakwa Ecovillage http://www.kakwaecovillage.com/workshops.htm. Best regards, Russ Purvis,Chair
Alleviating Poverty
CORTES ISLAND, BC, Aug. 26, 2004 (Hollyhock Leadership Institute) - Greetings: Sept. 20-25th, 2004 ecovillage/community enthusiasts will be meeting at Hollyhock, Cortes Island. Among those presenting will be two winners of the UN World Habitat Award. You are welcome to join us as we look at integrated models of sustainable development: "Ecovillages", while exploring ideas of an international ecovillage event and a N. American cooperative. "The study and application of the ecovillage model is not only for ecologists. The model must be presented in a systemic way, in a non-linear methodology to generate a critical mass and a point of transition. Ecovillages can take people out of poverty and create jobs through the sense and spirit of community. Ecovillages can restore human dignity in a profound way." (Fritjof Capra, Fundacao Gaia) Please visit our web site: http://www.ecovillage.org/conference/index.htm. Post Conference Events include: "Ecovillage Design" at Kakwa Ecovillage http://www.kakwaecovillage.com/workshops.htm. Best regards, Russ Purvis,Chair
Events / Vancouver, BC – Sep. 27
The Role of Peer Support in Building and Sustaining Healthy Communities
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 25, 2004 (SHRA) - The Self-Help Resource Association of BC (SHRA) will be holding its 11th Annual General Meeting at the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House on Monday, September 27th from 5:30-8:00pm. We are excited to present a community panel discussion, entitled "The Role of Peer Support in Building and Sustaining Healthy Communities". All are welcome - details can be found on the attached invitation. Light dinner and refreshments will also be served. Please note that the Agenda and proposed Bylaw amendments will be mailed to all members within two weeks. To RSVP, or to renew/become an SHRA member, please contact Rachel Flood at 604-733-6186 or shra@telus.net.
The Role of Peer Support in Building and Sustaining Healthy Communities
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 25, 2004 (SHRA) - The Self-Help Resource Association of BC (SHRA) will be holding its 11th Annual General Meeting at the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House on Monday, September 27th from 5:30-8:00pm. We are excited to present a community panel discussion, entitled "The Role of Peer Support in Building and Sustaining Healthy Communities". All are welcome - details can be found on the attached invitation. Light dinner and refreshments will also be served. Please note that the Agenda and proposed Bylaw amendments will be mailed to all members within two weeks. To RSVP, or to renew/become an SHRA member, please contact Rachel Flood at 604-733-6186 or shra@telus.net.
NFPs / NGOs
Study Available on Managing Major Donors
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 29, 2004 (Charity Village, Newsbytes) - The UK-based Institute for Philanthropy has made available a study it conducted last year on how charities manage their relationships with major donors. Managing Major Donors highlights the importance for charities to develop a more relationship-based model for managing their major donors. It recommends that they regard major donors as individual clients and give more back to them. The report also outlines the seven stages of solicitation and the seven key questions that charities should be asking their major donors. To download the report in PDF format, visit: www.instituteforphilanthropy.org.uk.
Study Available on Managing Major Donors
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 29, 2004 (Charity Village, Newsbytes) - The UK-based Institute for Philanthropy has made available a study it conducted last year on how charities manage their relationships with major donors. Managing Major Donors highlights the importance for charities to develop a more relationship-based model for managing their major donors. It recommends that they regard major donors as individual clients and give more back to them. The report also outlines the seven stages of solicitation and the seven key questions that charities should be asking their major donors. To download the report in PDF format, visit: www.instituteforphilanthropy.org.uk.
Exemplary Resources / Simple Living
The Green Life
WEBSITE, Aug. 2004 (Green Life) - The Green Life promotes simplicity, health and sustainability in daily life. We are a resource and advocate for individuals who support these three pillars of green living as a service to themselves, their communities and their environment. OUR WORK Guide to The Green Life Be simple, healthy and sustainable in every aspect of your life, for every aspect of your world. Guide to The Green Life is a unique resource that organizes green living into lifestyle categories and environmental issue areas. Each chapter provides clear and comprehensive background, tips and resources. Features about key issues in green living supplement the chapters of the guide. Stay tuned for regular additions to this work in progress. http://www.thegreenlife.org/index.html
The Green Life
WEBSITE, Aug. 2004 (Green Life) - The Green Life promotes simplicity, health and sustainability in daily life. We are a resource and advocate for individuals who support these three pillars of green living as a service to themselves, their communities and their environment. OUR WORK Guide to The Green Life Be simple, healthy and sustainable in every aspect of your life, for every aspect of your world. Guide to The Green Life is a unique resource that organizes green living into lifestyle categories and environmental issue areas. Each chapter provides clear and comprehensive background, tips and resources. Features about key issues in green living supplement the chapters of the guide. Stay tuned for regular additions to this work in progress. http://www.thegreenlife.org/index.html
NFPs / NGOs / Events / Seattle - Oct. 20 - 22
Frictionless Fundraising
SEATTLE, WA, Aug. 2004 (Nonprofit Online News) - We've been very pleased with the success of our recent Frictionless Fundraising workshops, seminars, and publications. It's very clear that people want an opportunity to radically transform their fundraising by applying these ideas to take advantage of the internet. Today we're announcing the next opportunity to do just that. In October we are offering a two and a half day Frictionless Fundraising Intensive workshop: Date: Oct. 20th-22nd, 2004. Times: 20th: 2-5 pm, 21st & 22nd: 10 am - 4 pm. Location: Seattle, WA, USARegister Now: http://gilbert.forms.soceco.org/75434/. The goal of the workshop will be to facilitate rapid improvement in your organization's use of the internet for fundraising. Because of this focus, we are taking two unusual steps: (1) We are offering very steep discounts for sending groups of people from your organization. We have learned that this has dramatic effects on the adoption rate of new techniques. (2) We are asking some additional questions as part of the registration process. We want to make sure that you are in a group of peers who are ready to use these ideas. For more information, including a full list of workshop outcomes, go to: http://www.gilbert.org/programs/workshops/ff/current.
Frictionless Fundraising
SEATTLE, WA, Aug. 2004 (Nonprofit Online News) - We've been very pleased with the success of our recent Frictionless Fundraising workshops, seminars, and publications. It's very clear that people want an opportunity to radically transform their fundraising by applying these ideas to take advantage of the internet. Today we're announcing the next opportunity to do just that. In October we are offering a two and a half day Frictionless Fundraising Intensive workshop: Date: Oct. 20th-22nd, 2004. Times: 20th: 2-5 pm, 21st & 22nd: 10 am - 4 pm. Location: Seattle, WA, USARegister Now: http://gilbert.forms.soceco.org/75434/. The goal of the workshop will be to facilitate rapid improvement in your organization's use of the internet for fundraising. Because of this focus, we are taking two unusual steps: (1) We are offering very steep discounts for sending groups of people from your organization. We have learned that this has dramatic effects on the adoption rate of new techniques. (2) We are asking some additional questions as part of the registration process. We want to make sure that you are in a group of peers who are ready to use these ideas. For more information, including a full list of workshop outcomes, go to: http://www.gilbert.org/programs/workshops/ff/current.
NFPs / NGOs / Social Investment
Looking for Likely Allies
E-LIST, Aug. 29, 2004 (Nonprofit Online News) - In Looking for Likely Allies: New Capital for the Social Sector, Daniel Rabuzzi looks at some interesting ideas, including expansion of program related investments by private foundations, state and local governments, and the role that universities could play in social investment. http://www.onphilanthropy.com/tren_comm/tc2004-08-20.html
Looking for Likely Allies
E-LIST, Aug. 29, 2004 (Nonprofit Online News) - In Looking for Likely Allies: New Capital for the Social Sector, Daniel Rabuzzi looks at some interesting ideas, including expansion of program related investments by private foundations, state and local governments, and the role that universities could play in social investment. http://www.onphilanthropy.com/tren_comm/tc2004-08-20.html
