Awards Programs
In keeping with our mission to foster effective and sustainable charities and nonprofits, we promote and award excellence.
Canada’s 161,000 charities and nonprofits are doing stellar work that often goes unrecognized. We believe that celebrating “the best of” leads to a more resilient sector.
Since 1996, the Caring Company program has celebrated winning examples of partnership between nonprofits and businesses through the Business and Community Partnership Awards.
Canadian Business & Community Partnership Awards
Established in 1996, these Awards recognize and celebrate outstanding partnerships between small or large businesses and nonprofit organizations that are finding innovative ways to support Canadian communities.
We would like to announce that the Canadian Business & Community Partnership Awards are moving to a new cycle. The next edition of these popular Awards will be contested early in 2011. Programs currently underway and eligible for consideration will all remain eligible in the next cycle.
You are eligible if:
For additional information please contact Michael Meadows, Senior Manager Corporate Citizenship at mmeadows@imaginecanada.ca or (416) 597-2293 x254
- Your partnership is between a business and a charitable or non-profit organization;
- Your partnership program has existed for a minimum of two years prior to your application;
- Your partnership program meets a community need and makes a difference;
- Your partnership program is innovative, sustainable, and measurable;
- All participants involved in your partnership are engaged from start to finish;
- Your partnership program uses a wide spectrum of resources brought by both partners.
Submissions are judged by leaders from both the business and nonprofit sectors. Our judges look for exemplary partnerships that demonstrate:
- Creative, sustainable solutions that meet a community need;
- Active involvement of both partners in the design and implementation of the project or program; and
- A wide spectrum of resources brought by both partners.
Sponsorship
For more information on how you can become an Imagine Canada supporter, please contact Mike Meadows at (416) 597-2293, x254 or 1-800-263-1178, x254.
Did you know that there are 161,000 nonprofilts and charities in Canada?
Did you know that Canada’s nonprofit and voluntary sector is the 2nd largest in the world?
The sector represents 7.1% of the gross domestic product
The sector is larger than automotive and manufacturing. It generates $112 billion in revenues and employs 2 million people
Canadians donated $9 billion in 2004
Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island have the highest donor rates in the country at 93%
Canadians gave 2 billion volunteer hours in 2004
Teenagers volunteer more than any other age group
One percent of nonprofits command 60% of all revenues flowing to the sector
Canadians with the lowest household incomes give a greater percentage of their income than others
Saskatchewan has the highest volunteer rate in the country, followed by the Northwest Territories and the Yukon
Canadians give the most money to religious organizations, followed by health and social services
