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DoGood

Retreat Conference 2025

Where

Burnhamthorpe Community Centre

When

September 11-12, 2025

8:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Connect with changemakers and discover strategies to grow your mission.

Get ready for two powerful days of insight, innovation, and inspiration. The DoGood Retreat Conference 2025 brings together nonprofit leaders, fundraisers, and social entrepreneurs to explore bold strategies for sustainable growth and lasting impact.
 

From hands-on workshops to direct funder engagement, this retreat is your opportunity to elevate your organization’s mission

"Even a small communnity can make a difference!"

Simone Staley

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Where:

Burnhamthorpe Community Centre

When:

Sept. 11-12, 2025

8:30am -5pm

Address:

1500 Gulleden Dr, Mississauga, ON L4X 2T7

About DoGood Funding

DoGood Funding helps organizations across Canada secure the grants and funding they need to grow. We research and write grant proposals and provide training and consulting services tailored to nonprofits, registered charities, and for-profit enterprises of all sizes.

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Our team offers professional, affordable, and customized fundraising solutions. With a friendly, hands-on approach and deep expertise, we deliver proven results—helping clients increase revenue and expand their impact in the communities they serve.

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Proudly based in the Greater Toronto Area, DoGood Funding is fully homegrown. Our Canadian team handles every project in-house—nothing is outsourced. No matter where you are in Canada, we’re here to help you “Do Good.”

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Speakers

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Paul Nazareth

Editor in Chief

Nation Cheong

Nation Cheong

United Way

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Susan Henry

Alterna Savings

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Karolyn Harris

Ontario Indigenous Friendship Centres

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Victor Beausoleil

SETSI

Schedule

Morning Stretch 
Mind and Body fitness
Breakfast and opening remarks
Panel Discussion - Alternative forms of funding panel
We will discuss how to develop a diversified funding mix through a mix of grants, loans and subsidies, crowdfunding, impact investing, peer giving, special events and other methods. Lorraine Crow is the Grants and Community Initiatives Director at the Mississauga Foundation, the newly rebranded community foundation that empowers individuals, families, businesses, and organizations to contribute to the thriving well-being of Mississauga, creating a lasting and positive social impact.
Break
Workshop 1: AI Tools for Fundraising
You will learn new and innovative tools to raise funds for your charity or non profits.
Workshop 2: Building a Board with Fundraising Mindset.
Developing an effective fundraising board for your organization.
Lunch and Networking
Connect with fellow leaders and sponsors over a catered lunch. Share insights, experiences, and establish valuable connections.
Sheridan EDGE panel: Creative problem solving and systems thinking from social
Social entrepreneurs from the Sheridan EDGE network discuss how organizations can approach problems creatively and leverage systems thinking.
Workshop 3: Building internal systems to be a successful grantee
Social entrepreneurs from the Sheridan EDGE network discuss how organizations can approach problems creatively and leverage systems thinking.
BREAK
Workshop 4: Storytelling and marketing to connect with donors, target markets
Learn how to leverage storytelling and marketing to connect with your stakeholders.
Closing Remarks 
Alex Gregory concludes the day, by summarizing key takeaways.
Workshop 5: Fundraising tools
​Get familiar with tools that will help you in your fundraising efforts: 1. Sponsorship deck 2. Operating budgets 3. Strategizing for grants 4. Deficit/surplus explanations Other docs: financial statements, Articles of incorporation, by laws, quotes Templates: sponsorship deck, operating budget, strategy formula

Building a better Canada one good deed at a time.

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Ready to be part of a community driving innovation and impact across the nonprofit sector?

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Contact

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