Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director In a diverse and ever shrinking world such things as ethics and values can be a tad difficult to grasp in any clear-cut way. This is not necessarily a bad thing. When you have to engage with a thought or an idea you come to better understand it and it… Read more →
Why More Canadians are Leaving a Gift to Charity in Their Wills
We are blessed. Supporters of Jubilee Fund are thoughtful individuals, who share a concern for sustainable and innovative poverty reduction and are committed to building a better future. Often people think about contributing to the causes they care about with monthly donations or volunteering time, but there is a growing number of people who are… Read more →
The Hardest Word a Non-Profit Can Say
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director No. This might be the hardest word a non-profit can say. As non-profit employees, volunteers and managers we are used to hearing no regularly in terms of funding requests, grants etc. but no amount of hearing it prepares you for having to say it. This may be partly due to… Read more →
Team Building in a Non-Profit
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director I remember my early days in the typical office environment where periodically a well-meaning manager would announce a team building event and by and large a loud collective groan would raise up amongst my coworkers. It would usually be something of an athletic/cheer leading type of an event. You could… Read more →
The Innovative Non-Profit
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director I have always believed that there is no such thing as sustain in any organization be that a for-profit or non-profit business. If you are not moving forward, growing, developing, and innovating, you are sliding backward. One of the reasons I believe this is that the work of a non-profit… Read more →
When Membership Has No Privileges
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director If you are part of a member-based, board-run organization (like a not-for-profit) and you struggle to get enough members to even fill your board then you need to ask whether your organization should continue to exist. The traditional structure of a not-for-profit is as follows: members are the base of… Read more →
Change How you Give to Charity
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director A little while ago I was watching a TED Talk by philanthropy advisor Jasmijn Melse, author of “Your Guide through the Charity Jungle” and it really spoke to me and I thought it might speak to you. How do I create more impact with my legacy? How do I ensure… Read more →
Low Interest Rates and Non-Profits
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director For the past several years Canada has been enjoying some very low interest rates. For the most part this has been a good thing but this depends on who you are. If you are looking to purchase a house, a car or take out a personal loan than the interest… Read more →
Stability in Non-Profits
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director The words “non-profit” and “long-term stability” can seem antagonistic to one-another if you have been in the space for any length of time. Having worked in the non-profit sector for almost 20 years now and about the same amount of time in the for-profit sector I can tell you no… Read more →
Do You Know What’s Affordable?
Author: Peter Cantelon, Executive Director Welcome to 2022! It’s a new year with new opportunities for hope and new challenges to overcome. One of those challenges is the obstacle of affordability, especially understanding what it is and how to measure it. What is affordable? Well affordable is different to different people – it depends on… Read more →
