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Standard C12 Explained
What does “appropriate fundraising policies” mean? While all nonprofit and charitable organizations in Canada depend on some form of fundraising, Imagine Canada recognizes that Canada’s nonprofit sector is incredibly diverse and that organizations have ...
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Standard A13 Explained
Why is it important to have a privacy policy? Protecting the personal information of nonprofit staff, volunteers, and clients fosters a strong reputation for integrity. This has become an essential part of a nonprofit’s accountability to its stakeholders, ...
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Donations of services
Contributions of services (for example, time, labour, skills) are not transfers of property and therefore are not gifts. No tax receipt may be issued for the contribution of services. See ' Gifts of Services ' (CRA, 2011) However, if the charity ...
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Standard D4 Explained
Definition: Compensation Policy 1 A compensation policy documents the organization’s philosophy and direction with regard to rewarding its employees. Why is it essential to have a compensation structure that fairly evaluates and compensates the value of ...
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Standard C13 Explained
Why must organizations conducting face-to-face fundraising ensure that they: a. provide verification of the affiliation of the person representing the organization – Individuals may be suspicious of face-to-face fundraising efforts such as door-to-door ...
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Standard C5 Explained
What is a gift-in-kind? A gift-in-kind is a gift of any property excluding cash. Gifts-in-kind could include gifts of real property (land or buildings), personal use property (an item used in a personal rather than a business context, for example clothing ...
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Standard C14 Explained
Definition: Cause-related marketing 1 Cause-related marketing (sometimes called social marketing) is a venture with a non-charitable partner to promote the sale of items or services on the basis that a portion of the revenues will be directed to a charity ...
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Standard D7 Explained
Why is it important to give a letter of employment to all individuals who are offered a position? Although many organizations prefer to extend offers of employment in person or over the phone, 1 a formal letter of employment allows an organization to ...
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Standard D13 Explained
Why is it essential for organizations to have a formal process to manage workplace conflicts? Workplace conflicts arise in all organizations, and having a formal process in place helps employees resolve emerging conflicts quickly before they escalate into ...
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Standard C1 Explained
Why is it important to honour donors’ and prospective donors’ requests to limit the frequency or means of contact or to discontinue contact if requested? Alberta’s Charitable Fundraising Act (Section 50) states that if a person requests to not receive ...