Imagine Canada is pleased to provide the media with assistance on issues related to philanthropy in Canada.

Media Contact

Marnie Grona, Director, Marketing & Communications, 1-800-263-1178 or 416-597-2293, extension 244.

Media Releases 2013

• Imagine Canada and the Muttart Foundation to Award $100,000 to Winners of Students (Verb) Charities Contest. Six Students (Verb) Charities finalists have been chosen. Who will win the top prize of $50,000?
• Imagine Canada Reacts to Budget 2013
• Imagine Canada announces the first-ever chief economist for the charitable and nonprofit sector

Media Releases 2012

• Imagine Canada launches Grant Connect. Canadian Charities now have an easier way to find new funding sources.
• Students: One idea will lead to $50,000! Could it be yours? Only one month left to submit your campaigns to Imagine Canada and the Muttart Foundation’s national contest Students (Verb) Charities.
• New Standards Program for Canada’s Charitable and Nonprofit Sector
• Imagine Canada Reacts to Budget 2012
• New tool provides easy access to charitable information
• Submissions are now being accepted for Imagine Canada and The Muttart Foundation’s national contest: Students (Verb) Charities

Media Releases 2011

• Imagine Canada and the Muttart Foundation unveil a national contest: Students (Verb) Charities
• 500 to attend National Summit for the Charitable and Nonprofit Sector
• Canada’s Charity Leaders Cautiously Optimistic about the Future while Major Sector Challenges Remain
• Imagine Canada and Volunteer Canada Announce Winners of the 2011 Canadian Business & Community Partnership Awards
• Imagine Canada Reacts to Budget 2011

Media Releases 2010

• Imagine Canada releases Guide to Giving
• Imagine Canada Responds to Budget 2010
• Imagine Canada launches Charity Tax Tools website! New Tool for Canada’s Charities makes CRA Reporting less "Taxing."
  

Media Releases 2009

• Growth in Charitable Giving outpaced Volunteering prior to Economic Downturn. Latest Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating Data Released.
• Imagine Canada’s Ethical Code Program Exceeds Year One Targets! Member Charities Embrace Program to Solidify Donor Trust. 
• It’s Win-Win when Business Partners with Charities and Nonprofits! Imagine Canada Announces Winners of the 12th Annual Canadian Business & Community Partnership Awards
• Impact of Federal Budget on Canada’s Charities & Nonprofits: Canada’s Charities and Nonprofits are extremely disappointed that the Budget fails to acknowledge the role they play in helping vulnerable Canadians
• Budget 2009 Brief. The 2009 Federal Budget and Canada’s Charities & Nonprofits. Short‐Term Stimulus Measures for Assisting Canadians and Communities during the Economic Downturn

Media Releases 2008

• Open Letter to Prime Minister. Charities & Nonprofits Propose Measures to Prime Minister to help Canadians and Communities during Economic Downturn
• New Research on Corporate Citizenship. Canada’s Largest Corporations Move Beyond Cheque-book Philanthropy
• Imagine Canada Launches Thanks & Giving Campaign
• Marcel Lauzière Named New President & CEO of Imagine Canada
• Charity Accountability Movement Well on its Way
• Budget 2008: Imagine Canada outlines impact on charities
  
• Communities win when businesses partner
• Survey shows Canadian businesses engaged in meeting community need

Media Releases 2007

• Charity leaders band together to maintain public trust (pdf)
• Supreme Court of Canada accepts Imagine Canada’s arguments on behalf of charities in historic appeal (pdf)
• First-ever Historical Study Showcases Powerful Contributions of Canadian Philanthropists in Canada and Abroad (pdf)
• Budget measures support Canada's communities (Word Doc)

Media Releases 2006

• Imagine Canada first to map business investment in communities (Word doc)
• A lot do a little. A little do a lot (Word doc)
• Charities empowered by federal budget (pdf)
• Federal party policy must include charitable and nonprofit sector (pdf)

Media Releases 2005

• Canada’s charities and nonprofits say Gomery response could be crippling (pdf)
• Award-winning partnerships a model for building stronger communities (pdf)
• Imagine Canada - John Hodgson Library, Canada's largest collection of nonprofit sector literature receives five-year investment from Ontario Trillium Foundation (pdf)
• Canada’s nonprofit and voluntary sector 2nd largest in world (pdf)
• Imagine Canada: New organization to support those who work for stronger, more vibrant communities (pdf)

Media Releases 2004

• British Columbia's nonprofit and charitable sector reports $11 billion in revenue, 147,000 employees (pdf)
• 175,000 employed in Manitoba, Sasketchewan and the Territories' charitable and nonprofit sector. (pdf)
• Ontario's charitable and nonprofit sector employs 959,000. (pdf)
• 555 million hours volunteered in Québec. (pdf)
• Charitable and nonprofit sector in Atlantic provinces reports $6 billion in revenues, employs 106,000. (pdf)
• Alberta's charitable and nonprofit sector reports $10 billion in annual revenues. (pdf)
• National Philanthropy Day on November 15 puts spotlight on Canadians' giving habits. (pdf)
• Landmark study reveals size and scope of nonprofit and voluntary sector and its role in Canadian communities. (pdf)

Media Releases 2003

• Volunteering drops in British Columbia (pdf)
• Alberta volunteers have less time to give (pdf)
• Saskatchewan leads country in volunteering (pdf)
• Volunteering represents almost 23,000 jobs in Manitoba (pdf)
• Door-to-door canvassing less successful in Ontario (pdf)
• Quebec residents give equal number of donations to shopping mall canvassers as they do to religious organizations (pdf)
• New Brunswick residents give more to faith-based causes than other Canadians (pdf)
• Charitable giving in Nova Scotia prompted more by compassion than tax receipts (pdf)
• Volunteering in PEI equivalent of 4,000 jobs (pdf)
• Newfoundland and Labrador volunteers donate the equivalent of 15,000 full time jobs (pdf)