Financing Civil Society
The School of Public Policy and Administration has convened a multi-disciplinary team of researchers, from across the Faculty of Public Affairs, who have a shared interest in the subject of Financing Civil Society. Under this overarching theme, the following research clusters have formed:
- Treatment of Charities (Definitions, Regulations, Tax Benefits…)
- Sponsorships, Corporate Community Investment, Social Marketing
- Social Enterprise, Social Economy, Social Entrepreneurship
- Philanthropy (Trends, Program Related Investments…)
- Government Funding (Grants & Contributions, Purchase of Service…)
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Mission
The Financing Civil Society Research Group in the Faculty of Public Affairs at Carleton University is a multi-disciplinary team of researchers who are concerned with the sustainable growth of a robust civil society in Canada and around the world. The group undertakes critical, applied research, with private, public, and non-profit partners, aimed at removing the barriers to, and promoting effective models of, sustainable, scalable financing of charitable, non-profit, cooperative, and community-based organizations.
Research Interests
Among the financing instruments of interest to the group are government grants and contributions, public and private loans and guarantees to social enterprise, program-related investing by foundations, targeted investing by pension funds, and other forms of civil-society financing. The group is committed to exploring the public-policy implications of these instruments, especially with respect to their tax treatment by various levels of government. Risk analysis, benchmarking, evaluation and accountability related to civil society financing are also of interest to the group. Members bring a rich array of analytic frameworks and methodological tools to their work, drawing on the fields of economics, international affairs, management, marketing, non-profit and philanthropy studies, political science, political economy, and public policy.
Members
The members of the Financing Civil Society Research Group include:
Susan Phillips, School of Public Policy and Administration (Co-Convenor)
Edward Jackson, School of Public Policy and Administration (Co-Convenor)
Tessa Hebb, Carleton Centre for Community Innovation (Coordinator)
Calum Carmichael, School of Public Policy and Administration
Judith Madill, Sprott School of Business
Allan Maslove, School of Public Policy and Administration
Paula Speevak Sladowski, Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development
Cristina Rojas, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
Contacts
Dr. Susan Phillips: susan_phillips@carleton.ca
Dr. Edward Jackson: edward_jackson@carleton.ca
Dr. Tessa Hebb: thebb@attglobal.net
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