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Resource Guides
Easy to access listings of COVID-19 response resources for Canadian nonprofits
- COVID-19: Resources for Canadian Fundraisers Imagine Canada
- Covid-19 Resources and News Pillar Nonprofit Network
- Coronavirus Tech Handbook A library for technologists, civic organizations, public and private institutions, researchers, educators and others to collaborate on an agile and sophisticated response to the coronavirus outbreak and impacts.
- Dealing with COVID-19 as a community foundation Community Foundations of Canada
COVID-19 resource listings by region
Fundraising
Adapting fundraising strategies and financial management
- Grant Connect’s Work from Home Community Edition Grant Connect
- What Nonprofits Should Do Right Now: Tools for Cash Flow Analysis, Scenario Planning and Financial Assessment Nonprofit Finance Fund
- Survive and Thrive: Financial Strategies & Scenario Planning for NonProfits and Social Enterprises Scale Collaborative
- Sustainability to Survivability: 5 Nonprofit Finance Must-Do’s in the Time of COVID-19 Nonprofit Quarterly
- Cancelling events, refunds and the possibility of a charitable donation Canadian Charity Law COVID-19
- Coronavirus/COVID-19 Resource Guide Association of Fundraising Professionals
- Thinking through your financials during the COVID-19 pandemic MaRS Discovery District
Crisis Governance and Management
Risk Management and Response Strategy
- COVID-19 Decision-Making: A Social Impact Tool for Social Purpose-driven Organizations Re-Code (McConnell Foundation initiative)
- Resources for social sector decision-making in the context of COVID-19 Monitor Institute by Deloitte
- Coronavirus Nonprofit Risk Management Resources Risk Alternatives
- COVID-19 Legal Resources – Social Impact Miller Thompson
- COVID-19 Legal Resource Hub (Canada) TrustLaw - Thomson Reuters Foundation
- Resources for Nonprofits and Funders Bridgespan
- What Nonprofit Board Members Should Be Doing Right Now to Address COVID-19 Board Source
- Scenario Planning Workshop The Bridgespan Group
Leadership
- Moving Online in Pandemic: Ecocycle to Attend to What is Shifting Full Circle Associates
- Are you leading through the crisis or managing the response? Harvard Business Review
- SSIR Guide to Resilient Leadership During the COVID-19 Crisis Stanford Social Innovation Review
- GAIA: Global Activation of Intention and Action Presencing Institute
- COVID-19 – Racial Equity & Social Justice Resources Racial Equity Tools
Managing remote teams
- Managing Change During the Pandemic: Thoughts for Collective Impact and Nonprofits Collective Impact Forum
- Webinar: Five Ways Your Leadership Must Change To Thrive With Disrupted Distributed Teams Singularity University
Leader wellbeing
- Burnout Resources for CEOs and Organization Leaders CEO Coaching International
- Connecting Individual and Societal Change Stanford Social Innovation Review
- Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
- Workplace Mental Health Resources During The Coronavirus Pandemic Mind Share Partners
- Headspace: Meditation for COVID-19 times Headspace
- Liberate Meditation: an app by and for People of Color Liberate Meditation (free)
Navigating government aid
- Federal Government COVID-19 Measures – Implications for Sector Organizations Imagine Canada
- COVID-19 Federal Policy Analysis Ontario Nonprofit Network
- A Charity’s Guide to Canada’s COVID-19 Governmental Supports and Programs Canada Helps
- Understanding Economic Measures in Relation With COVID-19 Bonjour Startup Montreal
- Coffre à outils COVID-19 Strategeum (English version in development)
Going Virtual
Resources for working, meeting and convening remotely
Adapting to virtual operations
- Guidelines for Working Remotely Tamarack Institute
- Working from home: A guide to creating a healthy and productive workspace at home Cotswold Co
- 16 Tools to Ease the Transition to Remote Work for Indigenous Organizations Animikii
- How Nonprofits Can Establish Effective Telecommuting Practices Tech Soup Canada
- Digital Resilience in the Time of Coronavirus Equality Labs
- Remote working tool deals for businesses in the time of COVID-19 Notion
- Virtual Productivity and Wellbeing Remote Work Toolkit Zarvana
Meeting and convening remotely
- Virtual Meetings for Clarity and Momentum CoCreative
- A Toolkit for Community Builders Virtual Communities For Impact
- Online Meeting Toolkit for Facilitating Convenings During the Pandemic Facilitators for Pandemic Response Group
- Tips, Tools, and Examples for Event Organizers During the Coronavirus Outbreak CMX
- 7 Tips For Managing Virtual Meetings With Care During A Pandemic Network Weaver
Communications
Tools for effective crisis communications
- Communications, Protection, Readiness: Nonprofit Guide to Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery NPower
- Coronavirus Crisis Comms Triage Kit The Communications Network
- Multilingual information about coronavirus – COVID-19 Accesss
- COVID-19 GIS Hub: Disaster Response Program Esri
- How to Talk About COVID-19: Narratives to Support Good Decision-Making and Collective Action The Workshop NZ
Canadian Relief Funds
COVID-19 emergency response funds
- Map: Local Community Foundation Responses to COVID-19 Community Foundations of Canada
- CanadaHelps
- Centraide Emergency Fund – Fonds d’urgence
- Foundation of Greater Montreal COVID-19 Collective Fund
- United Way COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund
- Flicker Fund – Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Inc (Global)