May 16 2012 – If there’s any branch of the federal government that should top the “hate list” for Canadian conservatives it has to be the Canada Revenue Agency. (read more in the Globe & Mail)

May 11 2012 – May is Legacy Giving month. It is time for us to think about our financial donations to charities. Consider these facts.

At least one in 10 working Canadians works for a not-for-profit organization.  (read more in the Kelowna Capital News)

May 14 2012 – Imagine Canada has launched an accreditation initiative for charities in an effort to restore public confidence in making donations.

The national initiative has been in the works since 2006 and gives a stamp of approval to charities and nonprofits that excel in five areas: board of governance, financial accountability and transparency, ethical fundraising, staff management and volunteer involvement. (read more from The Spec)

May 15 2012 – Swift Current’s Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation will utilize the second-largest donation it has received to ensure residents in southwest Saskatchewan receive better access to health care. (read more in the Saskatoon Leader-Post)

May 14 2012 – The Canadian government’s campaign of intimidation of environmental charities has begun to create a chill among charities who wish to participate in public-policy debates, according to a respected national representative of charities known as Imagine Canada. (read more in the Globe & Mail)

May 11 2012 – Who’s afraid of Vivian Krause? The obscure British Columbia blogger with a beef against some Canadian environmental groups launched a fight several years ago when she started wading through tax returns and asking questions about fundraising and spending practices. (read more in the Toronto Star)

May 12 2012 – According to US logic, if it takes tax breaks to get more money to good causes, so be it. (read more from FT.com)

May 14 2012 – Seven charitable tax shelter promoters whose schemes have left thousands of Canadians with a $5 billion financial headache are under criminal investigation. (read more in the Toronto Star)

May 11 2012 – I am writing in response to misleading information in a guest column which appeared in iPolitics on Tuesday, May 8th.

First, Barry Carin’s piece, “CIDA, NGOs and mining companies: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly,” contains a significant inaccuracy. He states that World Vision Canada’s president makes $300,000. This is $116,145 more than the president actually earns. The error is surprising, given that the correct figure is publicly available on our website. (read more from iPolitics)

May 10 2012 – Anti-oilsands activists hit back at recent criticism of foreign funding of environmental charities Thursday by releasing a report showing oilsands companies are overwhelmingly foreign-owned. (read more from CBC News)

May 10 2012 – The Conservatives have taken some Canadian environmental charities to task for accepting money from wealthy foreign donors to finance their campaigns against oil and gas projects.

But tax returns filed to the Canada Revenue Agency show most of the foreign money that fills the coffers of Canadian charities does not go to the environmental groups now in Tory crosshairs. (read more in the Huffington Post Canada)

May 7 2012 – Charitable pledges to nonprofit healthcare organizations in both the U.S. and Canada slowed in 2010.  (read more from Healthcare Finance News)

May 9 2012 – The results of a national survey released today by BiddingForGood, a marketplace that connects consumers and marketers to nonprofits and schools by hosting online and mobile charity auctions, found that men give more money, more frequently to charitable causes than women. (read more from Digital Journal)

May 8 2012 – It’s official. Today marks the launch of Imagine Canada’s new Standards Program. (read more from CharityVillage)

May 8 2012 – Several of the organizations recently accredited by Imagine Canada’s Standards program have released statements to the press.

SickKids Foundation
Tides Canada
United Way Burlington & Greater Hamilton
United Way Winnipeg
Vancouver Foundation
Victoria Foundation

May 8 2012 – As the accusations continue to fly around the integrity of Canadian charities, national nonprofit Imagine Canada has named Tides Canada one of the country’s top organizations in terms of transparency, governance and good management. (read more in the Vancouver Observer)

May 8 2012 – From mega-charity (Sick Kids Foundation, Plan Canada) to small but mighty (Sarnia Lambton Rebound: A Program for Youth), 17 charities were already on board when Imagine Canada launched its long-planned Standards Program on May 8. (read more from Hillborn eNEWS)

May 8 2012 – Given the growth of China’s robust economy, the Chinese clearly know how to make money.

They aren’t quite as good at giving it away. (read more in The Province)

May 8, 2012 – Tides Canada is honoured to be selected by Imagine Canada as one the leading charitable organizations in the country demonstrating best practices in key areas of governance and management. (read more from CNW)

May 7 2012 – Tides Canada is having its charitable status audited by the Canada Revenue Agency in the midst of an attack by Conservative politicians who have branded it a foreign-funded radical group. (read more in the Globe & Mail)