Category: Non-Profit Organizations: Publications

Title: 2013 Alberta nonprofit survey
Collection: Alberta
Corporate Author: Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations
Subject: Non-profit organizations – finances | Non-profit organizations – personnel | Non-profit organizations – program planning
Publisher: Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations
Place of Publication: Calgary
Date of Publication: 2013
Language: English
Abstract: The Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations’ (CCVO) Alberta Nonprofit Surveys take an annual snapshot of the health and experience of Alberta’s nonprofits and charities and capture information on finances, demand for services, staffing, and the future economic outlook of organizations. These surveys help illustrate the changes occurring in Alberta’s nonprofit sector. The 2013 survey is the sixth in this series. This year we explored new areas including operating reserves, capital campaigns, advocacy, the implementation of Alberta’s Social Policy Framework, and the impact of the elimination of two provincial programs. The survey ran from March 21 to May 6, 2013 and received 402 responses. This is not a scientific survey and nor is the sample representative. That said, the composition of our sample remains relatively constant from year to year.

The survey was administered shortly after the provincial budget was introduced. Budget 2013 triggered a strong reaction from some areas within Alberta’s nonprofit sector and a lot has happened since this survey was in the field. Our initial assessment was that this survey captured a mood (or moods) that may have shifted over the intervening weeks as some of the implications of the provincial budget became known. As this report was in its final stages, many southern Alberta communities declared statesof emergency due to severe flooding, the full impact of which will not be known for many months. [Taken from report]

B. NON PROFITS/B.06 PUBLICATIONS/2013AlbertaNonprofitSurvey.pdf

Title: Assessing the Benefits of Community Human Services
Author(s): Makhoul, Anne, & Torjman, Sherri
Corporate Author: Caledon Institute of Social Policy
Subject: Social services – studies
Publisher: Caledon Institute of Social Policy
Place of Publication: Ottawa
Date of Publication: 2012
Abstract: This literature review was undertaken on behalf of the Community Human Services Network of Alberta. The Network is composed of representatives of 20 networks and coalitions representing nonprofit human services in Alberta. The report presents a summary of the benefits literature in eight areas of human service. It places special emphasis on early childhood development and care, and crime prevention – the two domains with the most wide-ranging and robust evidence base. The report also highlights the challenges involved in this work related to the widely variable evidence base among the eight areas of human service and to shifts in their delivery. Key developments in evaluation methods, including the growing interest in Social Return on Investment and developmental evaluation, are considered as well.[Taken from caledoninst.org]
Notes: [Commissioned by the Institute for Nonprofit Studies (Mount Royal University) and the Calgary Foundation]
Language: English
Material Type: Report

B. NON PROFITS/B.06 PUBLICATIONS/2012 CHS-Report.pdf

Title: Imagine Canada’s Sector Monitor: Factsheet 1, Vol. 1, No. 3: Preliminary Assessment of Trends
Corporate Author: Imagine Canada
Citation: Vol. 1 No. 3
Subject: Non-profit organizations – general
Publisher: Imagine Canada
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date of Publication: 2011
Abstract: A quick-to-read snapshot of Sector Monitor trends. What are the key findings from the latest survey? How have things changed since mid-2010?
Language: English
Material Type: Fact Sheet

B. NON PROFITS/B.06 PUBLICATIONS/2011 preliminary_assessment.pdf

Title: Sector Monitor, Vol. 1, No. 3
Author(s): Lasby, David, & Barr, Cathy
Citation: Vol. 1 No. 3
Subject: Non-profit organizations – general
Publisher: Imagine Canada
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date of Publication: 2011
Abstract: This edition of the Sector Monitor looks at conditions in late 2010. The report presents results for the Monitor’s core set of tracking questions and summarizes the responses of 1,625 leaders of registered charities who participated in this version of the survey. The survey was conducted between October 28 and November 24, 2010. “This version of the Monitor is particularly significant because it marks the completion of our first year of regular surveys,” says Marcel Lauzière, Imagine Canada President and CEO. From this Sector Monitor “…the results are mixed. On one hand, the level of organizational stress appears to have receded; on the other hand, revenues still appear to be stagnating and are increasingly outpaced by expenditures. Perhaps more alarmingly, small organizations appear to be losing a steady trickle of paid staff.”
Language: English
Material Type: Report

B. NON PROFITS/B.06 PUBLICATIONS/2011 sector_monitor1.3.pdf

Title: CCVO Economic Climate Survey of Alberta’s Nonprofits and Charities
Corporate Author: Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations
Subject: Non-profit organizations – general
Publisher: Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations
Place of Publication: Calgary
Date of Publication: 2011
Language: English
Material Type:Report

B. NON PROFITS/B.06 PUBLICATIONS/2011 ccvo_economicsurvey.pdf

Title: Integrating Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity into Canadian Public Health Practice: Environmental Scan 2010
Corporate Author: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
Subject: Health issues – social determinants of health, Social determinants of health
Publisher: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
Place of Publication: Antigonish, NS
Date of Publication: 2011
Abstract: The NCCDH has requested this environmental scan to inform its future direction, priorities and activities through an analysis of the key challenges, needs, gaps, and opportunities in the determinants of health for public health.
Language: English
Material Type: Report

B. NON PROFITS/B.06 PUBLICATIONS/2011 integrating_sdoh.pdf