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Imagine Canada / Bruce MacDonald, President and Chief Executive Officer

Address, activities & membership

Imagine Canada - Address, activities & membership

Address:

65 St. Clair Avenue East
Suite 700
Toronto, ON  M4T 2Y3
Canada

Telephone number: 416-597-2293

  • Contact information in previous versions
    • 130 Albert Street
      Suite 1705
      Ottawa, ON  K1P 5G4
      Canada

      Telephone number: 416-597-2293

    • 130 Albert Street
      Suite 1705
      Ottawa, ON  K1P 5G4
      Canada

      Telephone number: 613-238-7555  Ext. 268

      Fax number: 613-238-9300  

    • 2 Carlton St.
      Suite 600
      Toronto, ON  M5B 1J3
      Canada

      Telephone number: 416-597-2293  Ext. 233

      Fax number: 416-597-2294  

    • 425 University Avenue
      Suite 900
      Toronto, ON  M5G 1T6
      Canada

      Telephone number: 416-597-2293  Ext. 233

      Fax number: 416-597-1169  


Description of the organization's activities:
Imagine Canada is a federally-incorporated not-for-profit corporation and a registered charity. Imagine Canada is a national intermediary organization drawing its membership from all 10 provinces and three territories, with offices in Toronto, Ottawa and Calgary and employing approximately 25 staff. It is mandated to foster effective and sustainable charitable and non-profit organizations. Imagine Canada's goals are, broadly, to improve contributions to community from all sectors of society, to strengthen individual charities and non-profit organizations and to promote trust and collaboration among those working to build community. Its activities include promoting public policy and a regulatory environment that is supportive of the work of the charitable and non-profit sector, researching issues related to the sector, encouraging corporate community contributions, and providing resources and tools to enhance the capacity of sector organizations.

  • Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:
    • The Canadian Centre for Philanthropy, operating as Imagine Canada, is a federally-incorporated not-for-profit corporation and a registered charity. Imagine Canada is a national, member-based intermediary organization drawing its membership from all 10 provinces and three territories, with offices in Toronto, Ottawa and Calgary and employing approximately 30 staff. It is mandated to foster effective and sustainable charitable and non-profit organizations. Imagine Canada's goals are, broadly, to improve contributions to community from all sectors of society, to strengthen individual charities and non-profit organizations and to promote trust and collaboration among those working to build community. Its activities include promoting public policy and a regulatory environment that is supportive of the work of the charitable and non-profit sector, researching issues related to the sector, encouraging corporate community contributions, and providing resources and tools to enhance the capacity of sector organizations.
    • The Canadian Centre for Philanthropy, operating as Imagine Canada, is a federally-incorporated not-for-profit corporation and a registered charity. Imagine Canada is a national, member-based intermediary organization drawing its membership from all 10 provinces and three territories, with offices in Toronto, Ottawa and Calgary and employing approximately 40 staff. It is mandated to foster effective and sustainable charitable and non-profit organizations. Imagine Canada's goals are, broadly, to improve contributions to community from all sectors of society, to strengthen individual charities and non-profit organizations and to promote trust and collaboration among those working to build community. Its activities include promoting public policy and a regulatory environment that is supportive of the work of the charitable and non-profit sector, researching issues related to the sector, encouraging corporate community contributions, and providing resources and tools to enhance the capacity of sector organizations.

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
Membership in Imagine Canada is open to charities, nonprofit organizations; private and public foundations; consultants; corporations; government departments or agencies; and, individuals. For charities and nonprofit organizations, our fees are scaled according to the budget of the organization and based on total organizational revenue. Only charities and nonprofit organizations are entitled to vote at the Annual or Special General Meetings, although all classes of members are entitled to attend such meetings. Other than voting rights, there are no distinctions made between classes of members. Current membership is approximately 1100, the majority of which (900+) are either charities or nonprofits.

  • Organization's memberships or classes of memberships in previous versions:
    • Membership in Imagine Canada is open to: charities; nonprofit organizations; private and public foundations; consultants; corporations; government departments or agencies; and, individuals. For charities and nonprofit organizations, our fees are scaled according to the budget of the organization and based on total organizational revenue. Only charities and nonprofit organizations are entitled to vote at the Annual or Special General Meetings, although all classes of members are entitled to attend such meetings. Other than voting rights, there are no distinctions made between classes of members. Current membership is approximately 1100, the majority of which (900+) are either charities or nonprofits.
    • Membership in Imagine Canada is open to: charities; nonprofit organizations; private and public foundations; consultants; corporations; government departments or agencies; and, individuals. For charities and nonprofit organizations, our fees are scaled according to the budget of the organization and based on total organizational revenues: Under $100,000: $95 $100,000 - $1 million: $295 Over $1 million: $495 All other categories of members pay a flat fee of $495. Only charities and nonprofit organizations are entitled to vote at the Annual or Special General Meetings, although all classes of members are entitled to attend such meetings. Other than voting rights, there are no distinctions made between classes of members. Current membership is approximately 1100, the majority of which (900+) are either charities or nonprofits.

Public offices held: Chantal Edwards


Government funding

End date of the last completed financial year: 2023-12-31
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) $991,049.00 Yes
Government of Quebec $7,000.00 No

  • Government funding in previous versions

      List of Government Funding
      End date of the last completed financial year Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
      2022-12-31 Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) $237,054.00 Yes

Public offices held: Bernadette Johnson

List of Public Offices Held
Position Period Held Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Special Assistant
House of Commons, Office of Jean-Francois Larose, MP 		November 2014 to August 2015 Not a designated office

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