Lynn Eakin

The Sarnia-Lambton Rebound Program was hailed by Jason Clemens of the Fraser Institute as a model of  “business practices” in a Globe and Mail article, October 2000, in which he exhorted other social service organizations to follow suit. The article implies that was business methods that tipped the balance and made this little agency so [...]

There is emerging, both in anecdotal evidence and in the research literature, a growing recognition that a significant number of voluntary sector organizations in Canada are experiencing problems funding their operations and programs. A previous paper by this author, “An Overview of the Funding of Canada’s Voluntary Sector”, Voluntary Sector Initiative, September 20011 reviews the [...]

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 [...]

This is the first of a series of articles about the need to assess the impact of the new funder-provider relationship. During the 1990’s a quiet revolution has been taking place between funders and the not-for-profit agencies who deliver community-based services. Each funder has made changes independently and there has not been an evaluation [...]