Caring Company Program
Imagine Canada counts more than 100 Canadian businesses as members of the Caring Company program.
- Caring Companies are good corporate citizens.
- Caring Companies drive social innovation.
- Caring Companies invest money, ideas and time in communities across Canada.
This is Canada’s leading corporate citizenship initiative. Caring Company membership assures customers, employees, shareholders and the public that a business is committed to investing in communities. This commitment is a key element in strengthening the nonprofit and charitable sector.
Become a Caring Company Affiliate (pdf)
Download the Caring Company Membership Form (pdf)
The Caring Company Commitment (pdf)
How to calculate the 1% Commitment (pdf)
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 $79.1 billion or 7.8% 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 $10 billion in 2007
Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick have the highest donor rates.
Canadians volunteered 2.1 billion hours in 2007
Young Canadians aged 15 to 24 are more likely to volunteer than Canadians in 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
Those exposed to giving and volunteering activities early in life are more likely to continue those behaviours as adults
Upcoming Events
Carters/Fasken Martineau Healthcare Philanthropy: Check-Up 2012
May 16th, 2012
Executive directors, administrators and fundraisers of foundations, hospitals, (more...)