Edmonton Social Planning Council

Category: **Resources: Non-Profit Organizations:

  • A Framework for Action for the Nonprofit Sector

    Title: A Framework for Action for the Nonprofit Sector
    Corporate Author: Imagine Canada
    Subject: Non-profit organizations – general
    Publisher: Imagine Canada
    Place of Publication: Toronto
    Date of Publication: 2010
    Abstract: This is a summary of the Framework for Action which continues to be a working draft and reflects what Imagine Canada has heard from various stakeholders from across the country. This document presents a number of drivers of change that will have an impact on the work of charities and nonrpofits as they work in communities across the country and around the world.
    Language: English
    Material Type: Article

    B. NON PROFITS/B.06 PUBLICATIONS/2010 framework_for_action_summary.pdf

  • Strategic Drivers of Alberta’s Nonprofit Sector

    Title: Strategic Drivers of Alberta’s Nonprofit Sector
    Author(s): Scott, Marc-Elie
    Subject: Non-profit organizations – general
    Publisher: Institute for Nonprofit Studies
    Place of Publication: Calgary
    Date of Publication: 2010
    Abstract: This report examines strategic drivers that influence the future of the nonprofit sector in Alberta. A literature scan and key informant interviews provide experience and expertise for analysis of the importance of various strategic drivers.
    Language: English
    Material Type: Report

    B. NON PROFITS/B.01 ADMINISTRATION/2010 strategic_drivers.pdf

  • Social Return on Investment (SROI) Case Studies: Investing to Strengthen Society

    Title: Social Return on Investment (SROI) Case Studies: Investing to Strengthen Society
    Corporate Author: SiMPACT Strategy Group
    Subject: Social determinants of health
    Publisher: SiMPACT Strategy Group
    Place of Publication: Calgary
    Date of Publication: 2009
    Abstract: A collection of 14 SROI case studies of Calgary and area agencies. Agencies include:
    Aspen Family & Community Services Network Society
    Boys & Girls Club of Calgary
    Calgary Seniors’ Resource Society
    Calgary Sexual Health Centre
    Calgary Youth Justice Society
    Catholic Family Services
    Children’s Cottage Country
    Closer to Home
    Discovery House
    Distress Centre
    Momentum
    Peer Support Services for Abused Women
    Wood’s Homes
    YWCA of Calgary/Mary Dover House
    Language:English
    Material Type:Report

    B. NON PROFITS/B.06 PUBLICATIONS/2009 sroi_case_studies.pdf

  • Intentional Innovation: How Getting More Systemic about Innovation Could Improve Philanthropy and Increase Social Impact

    Title: Intentional Innovation: How Getting More Systemic about Innovation Could Improve Philanthropy and Increase Social Impact
    Author(s): Kasper, Gabriel, and Clohesy, Stephanie
    Subject: Non-profit organizations – general
    Publisher: W. K. Kellogg Foundation
    Place of Publication: Battle Creek, MI
    Date of Publication: 2008
    Abstract: To help spark and sustain a conversation about innovation in the social sector, we partnered with two firms with deep expertise in these issues—the Monitor Institute and Clohesy Consulting. This report represents the findings of our work together, pulling into one place the best of current innovation theory and practice, and exploring how innovation could become a more consistent and reliable commodity for social good. We want to stress the ideas, methods, tools and “value statements” in this report were not created or developed by this foundation. We ourselves are early stage learners and users of these tools and concepts—not “the experts.” Indeed we hope you interpret this report as a learning dialogue versus a lecture. The report itself could perhaps be viewed as a “rapid prototype,” far from complete yet sufficient to create ongoing dialogue, and so we invite your engagement to improve and refine the content moving forward.
    Language: English
    Material Type: Report

    B. NON PROFITS/B.06 PUBLICATIONS/2008 intentional_innovation.pdf

  • Splash & Ripple: Using Outcomes to Design & Manage Community Activities

    Title: Splash & Ripple: Using Outcomes to Design & Manage Community Activities
    Author(s):Coyne, Kathy, & Cox, Philip
    Corporate Author: Plan:Net Limited and Strathcona Research Group
    Subject: Non-profit organizations – program planning | Multiculturalism
    Publisher: Canadian Heritage
    Date of Publication: 2008
    Language: English
    Edition: 4th edition
    Material Type: Report

    Abstract: This guide was prepared for the Canadian Heritage (PCH) Multiculturalism Program to help groups use outcomes when designing and managing programs. It draws from a wide range of sources, making it relevant to other community programs funded by Canadian Heritage and to the non-profit sector as a whole. Outcome measurement is easier to understand and use when you have a mental image of how it works. We use an image of a rock dropped in water (Splash and Ripple) to show what we do and the difference it makes in our projects. Read this handbook once through to help you build that image. You will see that outcome measurement is a process of piecing ideas together as in a puzzle – one activity here, an immediate or intermediate outcome there, until the puzzle pieces fit together logically. This process is explained by laying out key terms in a results chain. Once you have read the handbook, return to page 4 for suggestions on getting started using outcome measurement in your organization. An example of a completed framework and indicators can be found in the Appendix. By using the handbook in this way, you will begin to internalize how outcome measurement works; it will become easier each time you use it. More importantly, it helps you visualize meaningful and achievable changes in your community. Outcome measurement is different from previous planning approaches because it challenges us to reach beyond traditional goals and objectives to describe how our community will be different.

    B. NON PROFITS/B.03 PROGRAM PLANNING/2008 splash_ripple.pdf

  • We Can’t Afford to Do Business This Way: A study of the administrative burden resulting from funder accountability and compliance practices

    Title: We Can’t Afford to Do Business This Way: A study of the administrative burden resulting from funder accountability and compliance practices
    Author: Eakin, Lynn
    Subject: Non-profit organizations – funding sources
    Publisher: Wellesley Institute
    Place of Publication: Toronto
    Date of Publication: 2007
    Abstract: Community nonprofit organizations had been raising concerns for quite some time about the growing administrative burden and point to such things as more numerous and complex grant application and reporting processes, and additional compliance requirements. We did not, however, have detailed data about the demands funders are placing on the organizations they fund or information on how organizations are managing. Without this information, we could not understand the nature and dimension of the administrative burden on community nonprofit organizations and how this burden affects their ability to deliver services in their communities that are collaborative, innovative, and responsive. The focus of this study was to address this gap in knowledge. We sought to understand how the grant-making process operates in agencies with multiple funders and multiple programs.
    Language: English
    Material Type: Report

    B. NON PROFITS/B.01 ADMINISTRATION/2007 we_cant_afford.pdf