Talking About Charities 2006

The Muttart Foundation has released “Talking About Charities 2006,” a public opinion poll to survey Canadians on their views about charities and issues affecting charities.

The 2006 study is the third wave of a research initiative.  Previous surveys were conducted in 2000 and 2004.  The Foundation has committed to repeating the study in 2008.

From this website, you can obtain a copy of the report, charts that graphically demonstrate results on either a national and demographic or provincial basis, or detailed tables showing responses based on various demographic factors.  Click on the item you would like to see.

The Foundation would welcome your feedback on the value of the survey and how you use it.  You can send an e-mail to bwyatt@muttart.org.

 

Downloadable Materials
(click on the link to view or right-click and "Save Link As..." to download)

News release about “Talking About Charities 2006” (PDF PDF - 23 KB)

Executive summary of report (PDF PDF - 580 KB)

Complete report (PDF PDF - 1,181 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – General Trust in Charities (PDF PDF - 64 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Trust in Charity Leaders (PDF PDF - 35 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Trust in Types of Charities (PDF PDF - 13 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Role of Charities (PDF PDF - 45 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Charity Funding (PDF PDF - 50 KB)

Charts: National Responses – Public Interest/Vested Interest (PDF PDF - 24 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Advocacy (PDF PDF - 42 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Expectations and Performance (PDF PDF - 36 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Regulation (PDF PDF - 39 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Fundraising (PDF PDF - 75 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Business Activity by Charities (PDF PDF - 47 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Research about Donations (PDF PDF - 25 KB)

Charts:  Provincial Comparisons – All Questions (PDF PDF - 179 KB)

Charts:  Alberta (PDF PDF - 94 KB)

Charts:  British Columbia (PDF PDF - 93 KB)

Charts:  Manitoba (PDF PDF - 93 KB)

Charts:  New Brunswick (PDF PDF - 95 KB)

Charts:  Newfoundland and Labrador (PDF PDF - 93 KB)

Charts:  Nova Scotia (PDF PDF - 91 KB)

Charts:  Ontario (PDF PDF - 92 KB)

Charts:  Prince Edward Island (PDF PDF - 93 KB)

Charts:  Quebec (PDF PDF - 92 KB)

Charts:  Saskatchewan (PDF PDF - 93 KB)

Detailed Tables:  Responses by Gender and Age (PDF PDF - 633 KB)

Detailed Tables:  Responses by Income & Employment Status (PDF PDF - 687 KB)

Detailed Tables:  Responses by Marital Status, Education
& Attendance at religious services
(PDF PDF - 764 KB)

Detailed Tables:  Responses by Provinces (PDF PDF - 580 KB)

 

Any questions, comments, or requests for additional information regarding the survey may be directed to the Foundation's Executive Director, Bob Wyatt, by e-mail at bwyatt@muttart.org, or by phone at (780) 425-9616.

 


Talking About Charities 2004

The Muttart Foundation has released “Talking About Charities” 2004 – a national public-opinion poll in which Canadians give their impressions about charities and issues affecting charities.

The report is available in hard copy, at a nominal cost, from the Resource Centre for Voluntary Organizations at Grant MacEwan College and from Volunteer Calgary.


You can download the report in Adobe Acrobat format. NOTE: You will require Adobe Acrobat version 5 or greater to veiw these files.


(Adobe Acrobat PDF File)
To download the executive summary, click here

(Adobe Acrobat PDF File)
To download the full report, click here

A series of charts help illustrate the findings of the study. The charts are available for national or provincial results. Click on the appropriate heading:


(Adobe Acrobat PDF Files)
National
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan

 

The Muttart Foundation is making available the detailed cross-tabulations for study results. These are large files in PDF format.


(Adobe Acrobat PDF Files)
click here for results broken down by gender and age.
click here for results broken down by marital status, education and
attendance at religious services.
click here for results broken down by province.
click here for results broken down by income level and employment status.
click here for results broken down by donor/non-donor, familiarity with
charities and trust in charities.

The Muttart Foundation will make available the full dataset to assist in other research activities. Requests for access to the dataset must be in writing, on the letterhead of the requesting organization and must describe the purposes for which the data will be used.

 



Talking About Charities 2000

The Muttart Foundation is pleased to present 'Talking About Charities: Canadians' Opinions of Charities and Issues Affecting Charities'. This study was prepared by the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy, and surveyed the opinions of almost 3,900 Canadians.The full report (85 pages) is available for download, or you may choose to download only the Executive Summary (12 pages). We also have available the press release and the speaking notes from the press conference in Toronto unveiling the study. Also available are the individual survey results for each of the provinces.Please contact the Foundation directly to order a copy of the study should you not be able to print a copy for yourself.

(Adobe Acrobat PDF Files)
Click here to download the Executive Summary.
Click here to download the full report.
Click here to download the speakers' notes from the Press Conference
releasing the report.
Click here to download the Media Release.
Click here to download the survey results for Alberta.
Click here to download the survey results for B.C.
Click here to download the survey results for Saskatchewan.
Click here to download the survey results for Manitoba.
Click here to download the survey results for Ontario.
Click here to download the survey results for Quebec.
Click here to download the survey results for Newfoundland.
Click here to download the survey results for Nova Scotia.
Click here to download the survey results for New Brunswick.
Click here to download the survey results for Prince Edward Island.

 

 


"What's It Worth?" December, 1998 Salary Survey
The Foundation released a study of compensation paid to some senior people within the charitable sector in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The study, completed by KPMG, examined salaries and benefits paid to executive directors/chief staff officers, managers one level below the senior staff person, and volunteer co-ordinators.


(Adobe Acrobat PDF File)
Click here to download the Salary Survey.

 

 

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