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In our digitized world, a charity’s website can be thought of as the “face” or “storefront” of its operations. To thrive in the current landscape, charities must provide online visitors with a website experience that is:

As more charities centre their fundraising online, offering potential donors a seamle...

You have a donor who gave $50 a year for fifteen years. She passes away. Her estate executor calls a few months later to tell you she has left your charity $40,000. 

You did not ask. You did not have a legacy program. You probably did not even know her well. And yet, it happened. 

This is more common than most small charities r...

Partnering with Children’s Literacy Organizations to Bring Violet’s Song’s Message to More Kids

In the fall of 2025, CanadaHelps published its first children’s book, Violet’s Song, a beautifully illustrated p...

Here is a question worth pausing on. If you exported your full volunteer list and your full donor list today, and ran a name-and-email match, how many people would appear on both? 

For most small-to-mid Canadian charities, the honest answer is: nobody knows. The two lists live in different places. The volunteer roster sits in a spreadsheet, or in ...

This blog is written by Lee Herrin, Director of Coaching and Consulting at Thriving Non-Profits. An experienced non-profit leader, Lee has served on and chaired numerous boards and has worked extensive...