Alberta’s Nonprofit Sector: Too Essential to Fail

Two years into the pandemic nonprofits are still struggling to keep the lights on and we are asking ourselves ‘how can we protect programs and services that are too essential to fail?’ Over the last two years, CCVO has made several recommendations to the Government of Alberta in support of community recovery. These recommendations have been consistently met with the common message that there is no money. As the Government of Alberta enters a time of economic prosperity with a 13 billion dollar surplus, we can only call the lack of adequate funding for essential nonprofit programs and services neglect. A neglect that will mean failure to essential parts of our social safety net. This report shines a hard light on the reality facing nonprofits and the lack of supports that puts Albertans in harm’s way. It also offers tangible solutions for our Government of Alberta to make a wise investment now in ensuring a sector too essential to fail is able to meet the need of Albertans now and into the future.

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