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Information for Action: Making Membership Work Better for Everyone

Pillar Nonprofit Network is reimagining our membership program to better support equity, resilience, and sustainable growth in the nonprofit sector and better enable individuals and purpose-driven businesses to connect to that work. We see this as a re-think of Pillar’s role in connecting and convening the network for better impact and better cross-sector collaboration, the heart of our founding mission.
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Building Bridges: Indwell's Impact Story

Almost 8 years ago, we opened Innovation Works to unite nonprofits, businesses and individuals to collaborate and solve some of the community's most pressing challenges - together. Indwell, a Christian charity that creates affordable housing communities, became a co-tenant at Innovation Works in 2019. They quickly got involved in community events and networking opportunities.

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Every Story is an SDG Story: Reflecting on the SDG Cities Program and Looking Ahead

Over the past three years, Luis Patricio has been educating the London community on how to use and participate in advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their work. He has also supported them in using the SDGs as a framework for showcasing the impact their organizations have on the communities they serve.

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For International Workers' Day, Pillar Asks, "Is Work Decent Yet?"

Text reading, "Happy International Workers’ Day! | Is Work Decent Yet?" with illustrations of a woman in scrubs and a group of women working around a desk.

On the occasion of International Workers' Day, a roundup of recent developments in the campaigns for Decent Work issues and the need for a nonprofit labour force development strategy.

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Pillar joins nonprofit colleagues to applaud generational sector survey by StatsCan and warn more is needed to address sector’s longtime data deficit

Pillar Nonprofit Network has joined colleagues in the Federal Nonprofit Data Coalition in co-writing and co-signing a statement applauding Statistics Canada for its generational survey of the nonprofit sector, but warning it will take more than that to close a persistent nonprofit data deficit.

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Nonprofits recognized as economic drivers, Mayor tells Pillar member meeting

Members of the London region’s nonprofit umbrella organization gathered this week to recognize the organization’s impact and advocacy wins; to elect two new board members; and to hear from London’s mayor how nonprofits will figure in the City’s economic development plan.

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“Every Moment Matters:” Pillar Nonprofit Network Shines a Light on Volunteers at Volunteer-Run Nonprofits

"For #NVM2024, Pillar Shines a Light on Volunteers at Volunteer-Run Nonprofits"

This year, Pillar Nonprofit Network is taking the opportunity of National Volunteer Week, April 14-20, to remind the network and the community that greater than half of all nonprofits are entirely volunteer-run and to express gratitude to the thousands of volunteers who make sure these organizations continue to serve their communities.

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Nonprofit Data by and for Nonprofits: Pillar Renews with the Boland Survey

Pillar Nonprofit Network is delighted to partner again this year with the Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations (CCVO) and Imagine Canada on the 2024 Boland Survey. The Boland Survey is the most comprehensive source of nonprofit sector compensation data in Canada and has helped Canadian nonprofits make data-based decisions on salary and human resource practices since 1997.

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An Overview of the Creative Cities Network Meeting in London Ontario

London joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as the first Canadian City of Music in 2021 and in the last week of February 2024, London, Ontario hosted the international meeting of the UNESCO Creative Cities of Music.

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The London Vital Signs Data Hub Brings Together Local Actions for the SDGs

As part of the broader Vital Signs initiative overseen by the London Community Foundation, the London and Middlesex Vital Signs Data Hub emerged as a crucial element in tracking the progress of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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