October 4, 2013
Stephen FaulVice President, Strategic Communications and Business DevelopmentImagine Canada
Partnering with the Private Sector
The Sector
• More than 161,000 organizations in Canada• Half of these are run entirely by volunteers • 2 million people are employed by these organizations
representing 11.1% of the economically active population
• More than $10 billion in individual donations• 12.5 million volunteers contribute more than 2 billion
hours• Accounts for 7.1% of total Canadian GDP
The Types of Organizations
© Imagine Canada Source: 2003 National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations
A Signific
ant Econo
mic Force
Revenue by
source: core
nonprofit
sector, 2007
Types of Organizations that Canadians Support
Source: CSGVP
Types of Organizations that Canadians Support
Source: CSGVP
International Organizations
• International organizations account for about one per cent of all non profits in Canada.
• International organizations report much the same concerns as others – except on one area: Internationals lead the way with finding the reporting requirements of funders to be a serious problem.
Source: National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations
Donations and
Donors, 1984 to
2010
Source: CRA (T1)
Conference Board of Canada
2013 survey
says
• Canadian companies have maintained or increased their community investment budgets over the past five years.
• 39% of the 180 respondents said their budget had increased compared to the previous year.
• 47% said their budgets stayed the same.
• 14% declined.
• Over five-years, more than 50% of respondents reported an upward trend in their community investment budgets.
How corporations support
charities
Source: Imagine Canada,Insight for Strategic Corporate Fundraising
How corporations support
charities
Source: Imagine Canada,Insight for Strategic Corporate Fundraising
Imagine Canada
programs that
support the
sector
