We manage the largest collection of Canadian charitable and nonprofit sector resources with 80% of the material available free online. See an overview of our site at our Library Video Tour. 

• Subject Guides : Find links to resource lists on commonly requested topics.
• Search Catalogue : Search our collection!
• Special Collections : Collections of resources tailored to special topic areas or specific programs and services.
• Research from Imagine Canada : Imagine Canada's Survey Literature and signature research.
• Knowledge Exchange : A blog for discussing issues in the sector with your peers.
• Promising Practices collection : A collection of innovative foundation-granted projects.
• Newswire : A feed of selected sector news. Sign up for email updates or an RSS feed.
• Nonprofit Library Network : Nonprofits & charities that provide local library service.
• Library services : Find out about the services we offer the sector.

Featured Resources

Just Released!   Perspectives on Fundraising: What Charities Report to the Canada Revenue Agency
A  new report prepared by Imagine Canada was released by The Muttart Foundation on September 10th about the fundraising costs of Canadian charities.
The report looks at data from charities’ 2007 public information returns (the T3010) and calculated various indicators related to fundraising, including examining revenues, costs, methods of fundraising used, usage of contract fundraisers, and fundraising cost ratios. This data is examined by province, organization type, revenue size, age of organization, employees, as well as by several other key demographics. Costs are compared from 2003 to 2007 to see if there were any significant shifts in patterns. The report provides some reassurance, but raises troubling questions about the accuracy of reported information.

Imagine Canada and Volunteer Canada has released the new results of the Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating conducted in 2007 by Statistics Canada. Read more...

Nonprofits and the Economy newsfeed In order keep you informed on current news, as it pertains to the nonprofit sector and the economy, we’ve created a complement to our regular Nonprofit Newswire service. March 26, 2009.

New resources in the library for Fall 2009.