Stay up-to-date with our New Acquisitions List, a quarterly listing of selected new resources from the Imagine Canada — John Hodgson Library. For more information, consult the library's online catalogue.

Topics include:

• NPO Management
• Fundraising and funding
• Research and Statistics
• Volunteering and Volunteer Management
• Corporate Social Responsibility / Social Enterprise
• Public Policy and Advocacy
• Legal and Regulatory

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Please note: the new acquisitions list is not a definitive list of nonprofit sector publications, nor does it represent recommendations of the cited literature.

NPO Management

2008 non-profit performance report : an analysis of management, staff, volunteers, and board effectiveness in the non-profit sector / by Karina Wood and Niels Veldhuis. Fraser Institute, 2009. (Available online)

2009 non-profit performance report : a guide to the components of performance measurement in the 2009 Donner Awards Program / by Karina Wood and Niels Veldhuis with Carlos A. Murillo. Fraser Institute, 2010. (Available online)

Canada : civil society under neglect / Susan Phillips. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Change is in the air : the economic realities of Canada's nonprofit sector / Michael Hall. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Context setting article for The Philanthropist: Tides Canada Initiatives / Novita Interpares / Leslie Wright. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Creating social space in the new urban landscape : experiences from the frontlines / Bonnie Greene. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Emergence of the youth-led sector / Violetta Ilkiw. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Lessons from the "front lines" : one ENGO's foray into the brave new world of social media / Ellen Adelberg. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Letters to (not always of) Joy / Bob Wyatt. Muttart Foundation, 2009. (Available online)

Many faces of nonprofit accountability / Alnoor Ebrahim. Harvard Business School, c. 2010. (Available online)

Nonprofit organizations in tough times : the view from ground level / Susan Carter. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Nonprofit risk management & contingency planning : done in a day strategies / Peggy M. Jackson. Wiley, 2006.

Quebec social economy experience: trainer's workbook / Chantier de l'economie sociale. Chantier de l'economie sociale, 2009. (Available online)

Re-imagining organizations that work with and support communities / Gavin Perryman. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Reflections on starlings, collaboratives, and the nature of the nonprofit sector / Marilyn Struthers. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

A short overview of sharing and collaboration across the nonprofit sector / Susan Carter. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Strategic communications for nonprofit organizations : seven steps to creating a successful plan / Sally J. Patterson and Janel M. Radtke. Wiley, 2009.

Tides Canada Initiatives Society : Charitable Venture Organizations : a new infrastructure model for Canadian registered charities / David Stevens, Margaret Mason. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

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Fundraising and Funding

Charitable giving : divided opinion about corporate vs. shareholder responsibility and proper corporate practices; priority should go to audited, local, child-oriented charities / by COMPAS. COMPAS, 2010. (Available online)

The end of the endowments? / Burrows, Malcolm. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Funder collaboratives : trend or tool / Hilary Pearson. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Grantmaking networks and environmental grants in Canada / Terris Lutter. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Legacy marketing overview : March 2010. FLA Group, 2010. (Available online)

Millennial donors: a study of millennial giving and engagement habits / Millennial Donors. Millennial Donors, 2010. (Available online)

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Research and Statistics

2008 non-profit performance report : an analysis of management, staff, volunteers, and board effectiveness in the non-profit sector / by Karina Wood and Niels Veldhuis. Fraser Institute, 2009. (Available online)

2009 non-profit performance report : a guide to the components of performance measurement in the 2009 Donner Awards Program / by Karina Wood and Niels Veldhuis with Carlos A. Murillo. Fraser Institute, 2010. (Available online)

Charitable giving : divided opinion about corporate vs. shareholder responsibility and proper corporate practices; priority should go to audited, local, child-oriented charities / by COMPAS. COMPAS, 2010. (Available online)

Economic impact of the Canadian gaming industry : key findings report / prepared by HLT Advisory. Canadian Gaming Association, 2008. (Available online)

FLA Group's Seventh annual poll of Canadian adults and direct mail charitable giving behaviours. / Jose van Herpt. FLA Group, 2010. (Available online)

Highlights from Imagine Canada's first Sector Monitor / David Lasby, Cathy Barr. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Imagine Canada's sector monitor. Imagine Canada, 2010-. (Available online)

LBG Canada annual benchmarking report 2008 : public summary. LBG Canada, 2009. (Available online)

Legacy marketing overview : March 2010. FLA Group, 2010. (Available online)

Southwestern Pennsylvania: nonprofit technology survey 2008 / Jeffrey J. Forster. Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management, Robert Morris University, 2008. (Available online)

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Volunteering and Volunteer Management

First it's about the people. All the people. / Colleen Kelly, Virginia Brown. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Measuring volunteerism in civic engagement / Cliff Allum. International Forum on Development Service, 2008. (Available online)

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Corporate Social Responsibility / Social Enterprise

2009 Edelman Trust Barometer executive summary. Edelman, 2009. (Available online)

Business's social contract : capturing the corporate philanthropy opportunity. Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, [2009]. (Available online)

Capitalism in question : the Lifeworth annual review of corporate responsibility in 2009 / By Jem Bendell, with Ian Doyle et. al. Lifeworth Consulting, 2010. (Available online)

CCC charitiable donations policy / CCC [Cross Country Canada]. CCC, 2007. (Available online)

CSR through the great recession : insight from latest public opinion research / presented by Doug Miller. GlobeScan, 2009. (Available online)

Financial analysis of a social enterprise: participant's workbook / Chantier de l'economie sociale. Chantier de l'economie sociale, [2008?]. (Available online)

LBG Canada annual benchmarking report 2008 : public summary. LBG Canada, 2009. (Available online)

Measuring the value of corporate philanthropy : social impact, business benefits, and investor returns / by Terence Lim. Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, 2010. (Available online)

Put meaning into marketing & profit through purpose : 2009 Edelman goodpurpose report. Edelman, 2009. (Available online)

Social enterprise is a nice idea, but it is not a panacea that justifies rewriting charity law / Bob Wyatt, Donald Bourgeois. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Socially conscious consumerism : a systematic review of the body of knowledge / Prepared by June Cotte and Remi Trudel. Network for Business Sustainability, 2009. (Available online)

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Public Policy and Advocacy

Assessing the impact of community and voluntary sector activity : as good as it gets? / Rachel Laforest. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Building the community spirit program / Ministry of Culture and Community Spirit. Government of Alberta, 2009. (Available online)

Civil society under attack / Mandeep Tiwana, Clare Doube. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Community spirit program toolkit / Ministry of Culture and Community Spirit. Government of Alberta, 2009. (Available online)

Culture and community spirit : business plan 2009-12 / Ministry of Culture and Community Spirit. Government of Alberta, 2009. (Available online)

New ways to keep up our end of the policy conversation / Elizabeth Mulholland. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

Sport Alberta - position paper on the community spirit program / Ministry of Culture and Community Spirit. Sport Alberta, [2009]. (Available online)

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Legal & Regulatory

Eliminating the disbursement quota : gold or fool's gold? / Donald Bourgeois. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

A sketch of the income tax treatment of endowments / Robert Hayhoe. Agora Foundation, 2010. (Available online)

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