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It’s amazing to think that more than half of Canada’s 161,000 non-profit and charitable organizations have no paid staff and rely solely on volunteers.If you take a quick look at your origin story, it is more than likely to include the blood, sweat, and tears of some...
Top (top) five trends in philanthropy for 2020
Oh yes - we love lists too - an easy bit to chew on, a quick snapshot of eye candy, a shot of info-tequila to put a sparkle in your eye. But aside from being an easy way to see if you are in the know - lists provide us with checks and balances to help us keep on task,...
Business discovers the ‘social movement’ language. I hope we don’t corporatize it.
We are grateful to Dr. Leandro Herrero for allowing us to republish this article. A social movement is not a bunch of people, even hundreds, or thousands, moving socially. A social movement needs a purpose, people joining it, and doing things together, usually until...
20 years already?
Twenty years have flown by in the blink of an eye! Where did the time go? ...It went towards helping hundreds of charities, foundations and socially-missioned businesses do more good in the world – that’s where it went. We could not be more proud. Over the years we’ve...
Philanthropy: The System Is Broken
On Sunday, November 24th, 2019, Kim Fuller CEO of Phil published an opened letter in Montreal's LaPresse newspaper. Here is the English version of the letter. 20 years have passed since I founded Phil, a company that is exclusively dedicated to working with...
Pioneering People and Planet before Profit
As a young girl with two side ponytails, Kim went door-to-door with her mother canvassing for cancer research each spring. One year she was on crutches with a sprained ankle and thought she could stay home from the annual fundraising quest. But her mom said, “You need...
The greatest day ever of giving is this December 3rd!
GivingTuesday is a global movement for giving and volunteering, taking place each year after Black Friday. The “Opening day of the giving season,” it’s a time when charities, companies and individuals join together and rally for favourite causes. In the same way that...
We’re hiring: Account Manager
WE’RE HIRING! Who we are Phil creates strategies and tools for not-for-profits, charities, foundations, and socially-missioned businesses. We offer communications, fundraising, creative and technology services to clients of all sizes. We’re a small and talented team...
120+ B Corp CEOs Sign Statement in Support of Climate Action
Business leaders unite in support of climate action across Canada, US, and the UK September 24, 2019 (Montreal, Canada): Kim Fuller, founder of Phil, is one of 120+ B Corp CEOs and business leaders in Canada, US, and the UK, have signed a Statement calling for...
For Profit Strategies For The Not-for-Profit World
At Phil, we believe that the not-for-profit and for-profit worlds have plenty to learn from each other. While not-for-profits proudly operate on a different model that evaluates success based on meaningful metrics like Social Return on Investment and Donor Loyalty,...