October 4, 2013

Stephen FaulVice President, Strategic Communications and Business DevelopmentImagine Canada

Partnering with the Private Sector

The Sector

• More than 161,000 organizations in Canada• Half of these are run entirely by volunteers • 2 million people are employed by these organizations

representing 11.1% of the economically active population

• More than $10 billion in individual donations• 12.5 million volunteers contribute more than 2 billion

hours• Accounts for 7.1% of total Canadian GDP

The Types of Organizations

© Imagine Canada Source: 2003 National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations

A Signific

ant Econo

mic Force

Revenue by

source: core

nonprofit

sector, 2007

Types of Organizations that Canadians Support

Source: CSGVP

Types of Organizations that Canadians Support

Source: CSGVP

International Organizations

• International organizations account for about one per cent of all non profits in Canada.

• International organizations report much the same concerns as others – except on one area: Internationals lead the way with finding the reporting requirements of funders to be a serious problem.

Source: National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations

Donations and

Donors, 1984 to

2010

Source: CRA (T1)

Conference Board of Canada

2013 survey

says

• Canadian companies have maintained or increased their community investment budgets over the past five years.

• 39% of the 180 respondents said their budget had increased compared to the previous year.

• 47% said their budgets stayed the same.

• 14% declined.

• Over five-years, more than 50% of respondents reported an upward trend in their community investment budgets.

How corporations support

charities

Source: Imagine Canada,Insight for Strategic Corporate Fundraising

How corporations support

charities

Source: Imagine Canada,Insight for Strategic Corporate Fundraising

Imagine Canada

programs that

support the

sector