Publications

Other publications we’ve supported

On occasion, the Foundation has supported select research. Below is a list of recent publications.

• Toronto Social Capital Study 2022: How well are we connected? Toronto Foundation. 2022.
• Soft Skills in Ontario’s Post-Pandemic Hospitality and Food Services Sector. Hospitality Workers Training Centre. 2022.
• Volunteers and Decent Work: What’s the Connection? Ontario Nonprofit Network. 2022.
• Unfunded: Black Communities Overlooked By Canadian Philanthropy. Network for the Advancement of Black Communities & Carleton University’s Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership program. 2020.

Feedback from our funding recipients

In January 2024, The Counselling Foundation of Canada conducted a survey of its recent funding recipients to gather feedback on its processes and identify areas for improvement. As a Foundation, we are committed to learning how we can best provide support to the communities we serve. We know achieving our mission is not something we can do alone so it is important for us to know whether our best intentions translate into being an effective and supportive grantmaker in the eyes of our funding recipients. This is the second time the Foundation has done a survey of its funding recipients. 

In 2018, The Counselling Foundation of Canada in collaboration with the Lawson Foundation, and the Laidlaw Foundation undertook a project to gather feedback from our grant recipients. GrantBook was hired to collect and synthesize the confidential feedback about grant recipients’ experiences of working with us. Grant recipients are indispensable partners in achieving our mission. Open dialogue and honest feedback are central to effective partnership, and while we strive to be responsive and open, we also know that it isn’t always easy to tell a funder that there is room for improvement. This final report is part of our efforts to be transparent and to encourage ongoing openness to talk about how we can continually improve.