This edition of the Not-for-Profit Pulse seeks to paint a picture of nonprofit boards in Canada. Specifically, it looks at perceived effectiveness of board governance, best practices around board member recruitment and retention, and examines additional characteristics such as board size, governance style and common board policy areas.

This edition of the Not-For-Profit Pulse is a continuation of the inaugural social media survey conducted by the Association Resource Centre in December, 2009. This highlight report will look at social media use among Canadian nonprofits and how it has evolved over the past eighteen months.

This edition of the Not-For-Profit Pulse looks at current trends in not-for-profit revenue streams. Specifically, we will examine some of the ways different NFP’s are generating the funding necessary to run their organizations, as well as what is working and what is not.

This edition of the Pulse looks at member recruitment and retention. Specifically, we examined how critical a concern this issue is for Canadian associations and how the sector feels it will shift in importance in the coming years. We also looked at what NFP professionals feel are the drivers behind the changes taking place as well as what are some of the current and planned actions being taken to help non-profits position themselves to survive…and thrive well into the future. The sample for this survey comprises a total of 90 Canadian not-for-profit organizations with representation from industry/trade, professional, charity, chamber of commerce and special interest groups.

This edition of the NFP Pulse looks at the changes non-profits are seeing in the way people volunteer their time and what, if anything, they are doing to adapt. The sample for this survey comprises a total of 74 Canadian not-for-profit organizations with representation from industry/trade, professional, charity, chamber of commerce and special interest groups.

This second edition of the Not-for-Profit Pulse highlights the level of concern and preparedness of not-for-profit organizations relative to the impending generation shift. The sample for this survey comprises a total of 95 Canadian not-for-profit organizations with representation from industry/trade, professional, charity and special interest groups.

This first edition of the Not-for-Profit Pulse focuses on social media use among Canadian not-for-profit organizations. The sample for this survey comprises a total of 81 Canadian not-for-profit organizations with representation from industry/trade, professional, charity and special interest groups.