WATERLOO REGION, Ont. – July 22, 2014: Capacity Waterloo Region is now Capacity Canada, a name change that reflects the organization’s reach beyond its home borders.
“The success we’ve had building stronger non-profit organizations in our region has been noticed and admired elsewhere,” says Cathy Brothers, Capacity Canada’s executive-director-in-residence. “The need we fill isn’t unique to Waterloo Region.”
Founded in 2009, Capacity Canada offers a range of services to help charitable non-profits build capacity to change direction or take on new programs.
More than 2,000 Board Leaders and Executive Directors/CEOs have attended Capacity’s Manulife Board Governance Boot Camp and other training sessions. MatchBoard, a Manulife-Capacity partnership, has prepared about 70 Manulife employees in the region for volunteer roles on the boards of non-profits.
In June, MatchBoard moved outside the region for the first time, launching a pilot program for employees at Manulife’s headquarters in Toronto.
In addition, Capacity:
- Advises on evaluation methods to improve the services and operations of agencies;
- Offers peer-to-peer mentoring for non-profit executive directors;
- Helps non-profits raise their profile in the community through text and video storytelling;
- Provides innovative educational events on a broad range of topics that stimulate social change.
Cathy Brothers has also been involved with not-profit capacity-building in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Capacity’s board of directors approved the name change at the organization’s annual meeting in June.
“Capacity is heading upward and outward,” says chair Steve Farlow. “We have ideas to share. And from the relationships we build, we’ll come back with new ways of filling needs and meeting challenges.”
For more information, contact:
Cathy Brothers, CEO
Capacity Canada
Office: 519-513-2606 x1 Mobile: 226-808-7220 Toll Free: 866-317-1992 x1
[email protected]
@capacitycanada
Capacity Canada brings together the ideas, people and resources that drive social change. Our vision is to change lives through courageous community organizations. We are accomplishing this by providing non-profit leaders new resources and professional support that enhances leadership skills, stimulates cross-sector collaboration, promotes knowledge sharing, and encourages social innovation.
