Funding & Financial Management

Managing, interpreting and working with financial data for decision-making, including reading financial statements, budgeting and financial reporting processes, balancing internal and external stakeholder expectations and using financial analysis for performance evaluation.

Related Web Sites

A Glossary of Funding Terms
A useful list of words and phrases commonly used in the grant proposal writing process.

A Glossary of Terms for the Voluntary Sector
A useful list of words and phrases commonly used in the non-profit/voluntary sector.

Brand as personality: The implications for nonprofit fundraising
Brand identity encompasses everything...and that includes fundraising.

Corporate Philanthropy and Volunteerism
A series of research articles from Charity Village.

Financial and Investment Management
A series of research articles from Charity Village.

Fundraising Marketing
A series of research articles from Charity Village.

Governments and Fundraising
A series of research articles from Charity Village.

Planned Giving
A series of research articles from Charity Village.

Statistics, Demographics, and Social Trends
A series of research articles from Charity Village.

Tools for the Audit Committee
Agencies are increasingly involving a board committee in the annual financial review and audit. Recognizing that few community boards have financial professionals serving, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants created this toolkit.

Recommended Reading

Bell Community Sport Fund
The Bell Community Sport Fund helps communities increase inclusion and accessibility in hockey and soccer programs for children and youth, aged four to seventeen. Projects can benefit from $5,000 and $25,000 grants to make a more welcoming environment.

City of Toronto Grants Directory
Links to the various City of Toronto grant programs, in these areas: Access and equity, Arts, culture and heritage, Business, Community services, Drains and sewers, Health and environment, Housing, Neighourhood improvements, Recreation.

Community Crisis Response Fund - Toronto
The City of Toronto's Community Crisis Response Program has a Community Crisis Fund.

Five Good Ideas about… Approaching Grantmakers Successfully
Summary of a presentation by Robin Cardozo, CEO, Ontario Trillium Foundation.

Fund Raising - a primer
Having great ideas and plans for fund raising is a vital first step but they are of no use without a competent, committed and well-organized team of people to carry them out. Assess your organization's readiness for the job.

Investing in Women's Futures (Funding Program)
Through this program, the Ontario Women''s Directorate provides funding to non-profit, community-based women''s organizations operating in the province of Ontario.

Keeping the Record Straight: Introductory Accounting for Not-for-Profit Organizations
This guide outlines a complete bookkeeping process for nonprofit organizations - 2007.

Maytree Foundation - Grants
Information about Maytree Foundation Grant Streams, application process and guidelines and examples of grants previously awarded.

Strategies for Managing When Significant Agency Funding is Withdrawn on Short Notice
This advisory was prepared for the United Way of Toronto to provide Boards of Directors with some beginning advice on things they should be aware of when dealing with sudden funding cuts in their own organizations - 2002.

Understanding Canadian Donors: Using the NSGVP to Build Your Fundraising Program
Use this National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (NSGVP) manual to improve your fundraising planning and implementation, including trends, donor feedback and cultivating stewardship - 2004.

When Funding is Withdrawn, Negotiating with Funders
It is critically important to develop a strategy when negotiating terms with the funder when an agency loses support. This brief guide outlines some of the key issues which must be covered in any agreement - 2002.

Where Canadians Donate: Donating by Type of Organization
This research report, part of the National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (NSGVP), studies the types of organizations to which Canadians give financially - 2004.