by Gena Rotstein | May 15, 2023 | Blog
Response to “Some input for rapporteur in meddling probe” published on April 26th in the Calgary Herald All Philanthropy is Political. I read Steve Allan’s advice to the Right Honourable David Johnston, Rapporteur on the Chinese influence on our elections....
by Gena Rotstein | Mar 28, 2023 | Blog
The Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) requires private foundations to grant an annual minimum of 5% of the value of its assets (increased from 3.5% in January 2023). In 2020, Private Foundations in Canada held just over $81 billion in assets, according to the...
by Gena Rotstein | Mar 15, 2023 | Blog
Trust-based Grant-making and Restricted Grant-making are two distinct approaches to charitable giving. They each have different goals, outcomes, and implications for both the grantees and grantmakers. In this blog post, we will compare and contrast the two to help you...
by Gena Rotstein | Mar 8, 2023 | Blog
Empathy, a Natural Instinct for Impacting Change Empathy in the World The Oxford dictionary defines empathy as “the ability to understand another person’s feelings, experience, etc.” In 2019 the World Economic Forum identified the decline in human empathy in...
by Gena Rotstein | Feb 17, 2023 | Blog
Take our short two-minute quiz to determine what your philanthropy donor personality is. Create your own user feedback survey So what does my score mean? What is my philanthropy donor personality? Thank you for taking our fun quiz! If you scored one or higher, you are...
by Gena Rotstein | Feb 2, 2023 | Blog
When Dr. Brad Krusky and his twin sister were approaching their 50th birthday, they had an idea. They wanted to start a charitable venture fund. The “Twin Starfish” were going to match donations made at their 50th celebration to the Twin Starfish Fund. By...
