LONDON - April 4, 2023 Today's Council meeting at 1pm includes consideration of Council's appointment to the London Police Services Board (LPSB). Sitting as a committee of the whole last week, Councillors made a recommendation from the Strategic Priorities and Planning Committee that Council… Read More
Last week, on March 27, the Office of the Taxpayers' Ombudsperson (OTO), François Boileau, released Charity Begins with Fairness: More to Explore, a report on the fairness of the audit process for charities at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and, especially, concerns raised by Muslim-led… Read More
Among the outcomes shared by Pillar's Community Advisory Panel following a community conversation and online survey was the membership's desire to hear from Pillar's Interim CEO about Pillar's operations. In an email to members and Pillar newsletter subscribers sent Monday, April 3, Maureen… Read More
LONDON - April 2, 2023. Pillar was pleased to send thanks to City Councillors last week for their support of the Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response. In a letter to Councillors, Interim CEO Maureen Cassidy noted staff leadership in stewarding cross-sectoral collaboration… Read More
In fall 2021, London, Ontario was added to a list of over 50 cities around the world named as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) City of Music. With this designation, London joined close to 300 cities in 90 countries that make up the UNESCO Creative Cities… Read More
Impact Consulting, a program of Pillar Nonprofit Network, is offering limited-time 30 minute FREE introductory strategic planning presentations to Pillar members' boards. Julie Forrester, the Manager of Impact Consulting, will provide an overview of strategic planning, recommended processes… Read More
Innoweave, an initiative of The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, provides up to $10k in funding to support your team’s capacity-building. Funding is available to nonprofits, for-profits and cooperatives to hire external consulting services to support strategic planning, business planning,… Read More
LONDON, Ontario (March 14, 2023) Applications are now open for candidates seeking to join the Pillar Board of Directors. In an email earlier today to Pillar members and the larger community, the Community Advisory Panel (CAP) charged with recruiting new board members has issued a call for… Read More
Strategies to support local nonprofits: Pillar's comments on the City of London Draft Strategic Plan
Pillar was heartened to join with so many Londoners at last week's Public Participation Meeting of Council's Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee to comment on the City of London's draft strategic plan for 2023-2027.
We are encouraged that the draft plan includes… Read More
With mixed feelings and deep gratitude, we announce Dharshi Lacey, VP of Diversity and Governance, will leave her role with Pillar Nonprofit Network for an exciting opportunity in Kelowna, BC. Dharshi joined the organization in 2015 to run the DiverseCity on Boards Program, striving to help… Read More