Register for our AGM & Fall Social Sept 19 | Canada-Alberta Job Grant
CCVO AGM & Fall Social
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19 | 2:30PM-5:00PM | The Confluence
Join us at The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland (formerly Fort Calgary)! After a short business AGM, we'll have an exciting announcement about CCVO's future that you won't want to miss. The event will close with a reception where you can network with nonprofit colleagues.
Program:
Doors Open: 2:00pm
AGM and CCVO update: 2:30-3:45pm
Reception: 3:45-5:00pm
2024 Boland Survey Now Available
The 2024 Boland Survey is now available for purchase. The Boland Survey is the most comprehensive source of nonprofit sector compensation data in Canada. The Boland Survey includes a Benefits Report, CEO Report, HR Report, Volunteer Report, and Regional and National Salary Reports. View sample reports from 2019 here.
Survey data will help your nonprofit make informed comparisons and predictions on salary and human resource practices – including flex time, on-boarding, paid time off, professional development practices, employee recognition, and recruitment practices. The Survey costs $559 for nonprofits with 50 staff members or less and $1,000 for nonprofits with more than 50 staff.
Policy Highlights
Canada-Alberta Job Grant
The Canada-Alberta Job Grant is a training program where an employer applies on behalf of their present or future employees for eligible training costs. Employers decide who gets training and what type of training may be needed for their employees.
On August 7, the Alberta Minister of Jobs, Economy and Trade, Matt Jones, released a statement that “put an indefinite hold on the Canada-Alberta Job Grant program for the remainder of the 2024-25 fiscal year.”
This announcement came as a surprise to many people who access the program, including those in the nonprofit sector. 303 nonprofit employers accessed the Canada-Alberta Job Grant in 2022-23, representing 9% of total employers who accessed the grant.
There is immediate concern for short-term consequences on trainees, nonprofit employers, and nonprofits that offer training, who were all taken by surprise by the early end to the Canada-Alberta Job Grant program intake. There is also concern over the long-term plans of the Government of Alberta to continue the program. Read more here.
Federal Nonprofit Data Coalition 2025 Pre-budget Submission
The Federal Nonprofit Data Coalition is made up of representatives of nearly 50 nonprofit organizations and institutions, including CCVO. The Coalition focuses on advancing the nonprofit sector's priorities in terms of data collected and shared by the federal government. Their pre-budget submission has three recommendations:
Annual National Survey: Allocate $500,000 annually for regular updates to the national survey of nonprofit organizations and include grassroots (unincorporated) groups.
Dedicated Data Unit: Invest $750,000 to establish a unit within Statistics Canada focused on collecting, analyzing, and sharing data on the nonprofit sector.
Canadian Nonprofit Data Lab: Provide $2 million in 2025-26 and $1 million annually thereafter to create and maintain a Canadian Nonprofit Data Lab.
Read the full submission here.
Kahanoff Centre Office Space Available
Come be our neighbour! We're moving to a new space within the Kahanoff building, so our current office, Suite 810, is available immediately. The Kahanoff Centre is home to over 30 nonprofits and offers a range of amenities: Churchill Daycare, main-floor conference rooms, a 220-seat theatre, secure underground parking, on-site security, and great transit, bike, and pedestrian access.
Suite 810 is 1375 square feet and features stunning views of the Calgary Tower, two private offices, storage, and an open meeting area. See more details here.
Funding & Grants
AWS InCommunities Calgary Fund
Amazon Web Services InCommunities Calgary Fund supports projects that improve the quality of life for communities in Calgary and the surrounding area. Applicants can choose from a portfolio of set projects or submit their own. The project must address one or more of the following themes:
STEM/STEAM Education
Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability
Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (emphasis on Truth and Reconciliation (Indigenous))
Homelessness & Food Insecurity
Health & Well-being
Grants generally range from $1,000 to $10,000. Applicants must be based in Calgary. Grants over $6,000 will only be awarded to registered charities. Applications close on October 1 and can be found here.
The 2024 TD Ready Challenge
The 2024 TD Ready Challenge funds solutions for different challenges each year. This year they are seeking novel strategies, technologies, or partnerships that have the potential to disrupt systemic barriers for under-served entrepreneurs with the goal of cultivating a more inclusive and supportive entrepreneurial landscape across North America.
Charities and nonprofits can apply for grants of up to $1,000,000 for innovative approaches to supporting under-served small business owners to develop a business, launch a new business, or grow an existing business. Applications must be submitted by September 5, and more information can be found here.
Parks Foundation Calgary Amateur Sport Grant
Parks Foundation Calgary’s Amateur Sport Grant Program supports capital projects that provide significant benefit to the continuation and enrichment of sport. This can include new sports facilities, expanding or improving existing facilities, or purchasing sports equipment. Funds cannot be used toward jerseys, and projects must be within Calgary municipal boundaries or of benefit to Calgary athletes.
Organizations must be based in Calgary to apply and have objectives and programs relating to amateur sport. They must also have been registered as a nonprofit for 3+ years. The maximum grant amount is 50% of the total project budget up to a maximum of $125,000. Organizations must apply to Parks Foundation Calgary’s Project Support Program to apply for the Amateur Sport Grant. Find both applications and more information here.
Parks Foundation Calgary Building Communities Grant
Parks Foundation Calgary’s Building Communities Grant Program was created with a vision to support community-led park projects. Funding can be used for the development of new or improved park or playground projects.
Applications are open to registered nonprofits that have a Certificate of Incorporation. Applicants must also be located in Calgary and have objectives relating to parks, community spaces, or playgrounds. Organizations can receive up to $50,000 in funding. Applicants must apply for a Project Support Program account first. Find the applications and further information here.
Blogs & More
How Do We Afford to Work in Community? An Interview with Abdifatah Hussein
Amina Mohamed, The Philanthropist Journal
Staying out of trouble, all these things is cool, but the amount of examples we have of people who are working jobs where they genuinely are never happy at the end of the day, they’re not making enough money, they never have opportunities to get more, and they never have opportunities to even see what more can look like is tragic, and the not-for-profit plays into that. Like, I think there’s a very intentional structural problem that goes on every single place that I’ve ever been, and it’s something that I can’t blame on any project manager, or project coordinator, or employing staff for HR. I think it’s just the way that not-for-profits work structurally in Canada. Listen here→