In December, we were excited to bring together corporate CSR leaders, nonprofit partners, and sector innovators at the Museum of Vancouver for the Community Impact Exchange - a full day focused on strengthening how we can better conduct, communicate, and collaborate on impact measurement.

The institutional funding landscape continues to evolve, presenting new challenges and opportunities for fundraisers. With that in mind, Imagine Canada invited me to reflect on shifts in the grants landscape in 2026.

Most fundraisers know the familiar grant application question: How will you keep this program running after the grant ends? I remember how baffled I felt the first time I read that question, as if there was some secret to sustaining nonprofit programs outside of grants that I hadn’t been let in on.