Catholic Charities

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Catholic Charities

• What does this downturn mean for the Nonprofit
  Sector?

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Revenue Sources

• Social Services - 66 revenue from Government,
  20 earned income, 9 charitable.
• Arts and Culture - 28 revenue from government,
  42 earned income, 15 charitable.
• Sport and Recreation - 12 government, 65 earned
  income,18charitable

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Charitable Revenue

• Trends

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Earned Income

• The New Wave
• Social enterprise
• Social finance

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Earned Income

• Serious legislative and regulatory impediments
• Charities required to engage in related
  businesses
• Business needs to be incidental
• Ontario non-profits prevented from owing more
  than 10 business
• Access to capital limited for non-profit business

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Government Funding
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Government Funding

• Increasingly restrictive and controlled
• Does not keep pace with operating costs
• Government funding silos getting tighter
• In selected areas can be reliable year on year

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Potential Impacts of Economic Crisis
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Observable Impacts Before the Economic Collapse

• Unsustainable Many Agencies unable to support
  agency infrastructure
• Organizational instability created by short term
  funding. Difficulties meeting staff obligations
• Fundraising capability of community organizations
  is inelastic. Newer and smaller organizations are
  further disadvantaged.
• Inflexible funding stifles service innovation and
  community resilience.

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Agency Action -What has not worked to date

• Cannibalizing agency administration and
  management, to protect service delivery
• Using volunteers to replace staff.
• Diversifying funding too many barriers, too
  much competition

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Expected Actions

• Reductions or at best flatlined funding from
  government. (Increased funding at pressure
  points)
• Decrease and shifting priorities in charitable
  giving. Focus on poverty alleviation
• Reduced earned revenues many people can no
  longer pay fees.
• Huge increase in service demand

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Expected Impact

• Sport and recreation and Arts and culture will
  face serious shortfalls in earned income.
  Restructuring and repositioning of sectors.
• Social services will have mixed experiences. All
  will be faced with increasing demand and at best
  stable funding.

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Sub Sectors

• Daycares reduction in fee paying parents
• Mental health, family violence, family support
  services - huge increase in demand
• Food banks, homeless shelters, - increased demand
• And so on

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Promising Initiatives

• Shared Space and equipment or services saving
  money facilitating collaboration
• Back room governance and administration -
  allowing focus on program and service.
• CIC legislation hybrid social purpose
  companies.

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Proactive Initiatives

• Raise the profile of non-profit and charitable
  sector build greater public support
• Push Government to reduce red tape and allow
  more innovation in the field
• Support Sector consolidation and Innovation
• Push for legislative and regulatory change to
  free up sector revenue potential