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This report is actually a series of reports, compiled by community foundations across Canada, that contain information on key issues in specific Canadian communities. 

This report, published in 2023, explores the scope and character of U.S. foundation funding for LGBTQ communities and issues in calendar years 2019-2020.

This report, based on an annual survey, is a benchmarking tool that provides insight into the grantmaking and operations of small-staffed foundations in the United States.

This report examines how the Fidelity Charitable community continued to prioritize generosity in 2022, and illustrates how donors supported their neighbors in a year marred by inflation and economic anxiety.

This report, based on in-depth interviews with leaders of 11 limited life foundations, illustrates the ways in which limited life foundations approach spending down in nine key areas, including investing, grantmaking and strategy, and communications. 

This report, based on a survey of 150 program officers, provides a comprehensive collection of benchmarking data on topics ranging from the professional and educational backgrounds of program officers, to technical information about the structure of the program officer role, to program officers’ perspectives on certain aspects of their work. 

This report explains state charitable solicitation registration requirements. It includes information on common forms of solicitation that may require solicitation, an explanation of the registration forms and processes, how to approach online fundraising requirements, and more.

This report helps readers better understand the trends around donor-advised funds (DAFs) and their role in the philanthropic landscape, as well as how much is being put into DAFs and how much is being granted from these funds.

This report explores how behavioral science can be applied to the act of giving and looks at examples from the Canadian context.

This report  examines 2022 trends in corporate community investments and employee engagement.