An Overview of the Funding of Canada’s Voluntary Sector
November 21st, 2006 by Lynn Eakin
This review was undertaken to bring together the “in the field” experience of voluntary sector organizations with the literature on non-profit funding in the hope that this combined perspective could provide an overview of today’s situation and help determine the most productive and urgent priorities for future action.
The strength of this review is that it has sought to integrate the practical knowledge and realities of the field with the findings and conclusions of the research. Much of the research focuses on isolated components of the financing picture while the organizations struggle with the cumulative effects. Using the perspective of the voluntary sector, this paper “collects” the research findings to compile the overview that is needed to determine priorities for action.
