MakeWay Media Mentions is a monthly roundup of news, podcasts, and videos featuring MakeWay and projects on our Shared Platform. MakeWay in the News B.C. government announcing investment in
By Sharita Henry, Swati Khanijo, and our Shared Platform Project colleagues at Project Neutral We know that it takes great intention and commitment for our team to decide to come
By Todd Jaques, Director of Policy and Research For this third installment of federal budget reflections, we’re looking at increased reporting requirements. Of the three changes for charities included in
By Todd Jaques, Director of Policy and Research Last week, we looked at the federal budget’s proposed changes to the disbursement quota. Today, we’ll have a look at another change
Today, the Province of BC announced it will provide $30 million for partnerships that empower local leaders to secure a sustainable future for their watersheds and the communities that depend on them. Of this funding, MakeWay Foundation and Watersheds BC (a project on MakeWay’s shared platform) will steward $15 million specifically to support Indigenous-led projects for watershed health.
What powerful things can happen when people connect with each other to share knowledge and advocate for healthy waters? This is a driving question for Atlantic Water Network (AWN), a
By Todd Jaques, Director of Policy and Research Last week’s federal budget included a few hot topics for the philanthropic sector, if not the charitable sector more broadly, including an
MacKenzie Scott, one of the most high-profile trust-based philanthropists in the world, is setting an example to Canadian donors and grantmakers on how to distribute billions of dollars in wealth to changemakers — no strings attached.
Joanna Kerr, CEO of the MakeWay Foundation, was alone in her Toronto office when she received news American philanthropist MacKenzie Scott had decided to give $18.9 million to the environmental and social justice organization.
Article shared from Future of Good: Funders and grantmakers often wield considerable power over their fundees, determining what gets funded, when and how. The Right Relations Collaborative flips this power dynamic by putting Indigenous aunties in the driver’s seat. The model is firmly rooted in a local territory, but offers a new approach to grantmaking that could inspire a shift in funding relationships across the country.
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