While Canada has experienced a long and successful history of encouraging social participation and community activity through its grantmaking foundation sector, this article argues that Canada’s historic and present-day regulatory restrictions have limited the extent to which its foundation sector has been allowed to innovate and flourish. To exemplify the types of tractable regulatory schemes that have allowed grantmaking foundation sectors in comparative contexts to prosper, the evolution of the grantmaking foundation sectors in Sweden, Germany, and the Netherlands is examined within the context of social origins theory. One important contribution of this article is to compare their regulatory frameworks to the Canadian context. It conclu...
Marta Rey-Garcia is co-investigator of the partnership grant “Assessing the collective impact of Can...
Western Canada has been the source of significant developments in the social enterprise sector over ...
This chapter outlines and critically discusses the grantmaking foundation arena. After highlighting ...
This is the first study of its kind to assess the untapped research capacity of administrative data ...
This dissertation elucidates the policy roles of foundations in Canadian public policy by comparing ...
This dissertation elucidates the policy roles of foundations in Canadian public policy by comparing ...
This study profiles the engagement of policy-focused Canadian grantmaking foundations in public poli...
This book marks a turning point in the evolution of Canada's philanthropic landscape – a testament t...
Effective models of place-based funding remain conceptually unresolved. Place-based, collective impa...
Information and reporting issues are more present than ever in a context of accountability pressures...
This article explores how Canadian philanthropic foundations with social justice mandates responded ...
Charitable giving in Canada has never been higher. Between 1992 and 2008, contributions to charitabl...
This article considers the current state of the Swiss foundation sector in relation to both its own ...
The United Nations 2030 Agenda creates an opportunity for philanthropic foundations to become more c...
Governments are an important source of funding for the nonprofit and voluntary sector. Yet, the use ...
Marta Rey-Garcia is co-investigator of the partnership grant “Assessing the collective impact of Can...
Western Canada has been the source of significant developments in the social enterprise sector over ...
This chapter outlines and critically discusses the grantmaking foundation arena. After highlighting ...
This is the first study of its kind to assess the untapped research capacity of administrative data ...
This dissertation elucidates the policy roles of foundations in Canadian public policy by comparing ...
This dissertation elucidates the policy roles of foundations in Canadian public policy by comparing ...
This study profiles the engagement of policy-focused Canadian grantmaking foundations in public poli...
This book marks a turning point in the evolution of Canada's philanthropic landscape – a testament t...
Effective models of place-based funding remain conceptually unresolved. Place-based, collective impa...
Information and reporting issues are more present than ever in a context of accountability pressures...
This article explores how Canadian philanthropic foundations with social justice mandates responded ...
Charitable giving in Canada has never been higher. Between 1992 and 2008, contributions to charitabl...
This article considers the current state of the Swiss foundation sector in relation to both its own ...
The United Nations 2030 Agenda creates an opportunity for philanthropic foundations to become more c...
Governments are an important source of funding for the nonprofit and voluntary sector. Yet, the use ...
Marta Rey-Garcia is co-investigator of the partnership grant “Assessing the collective impact of Can...
Western Canada has been the source of significant developments in the social enterprise sector over ...
This chapter outlines and critically discusses the grantmaking foundation arena. After highlighting ...