The SaskNonprofit Partnership (SNP) is an unincorporated partnership that began with a small group of Sask-based nonprofit professionals to work towards improving awareness of the impact of the sector in Saskatchewan, enhancing its efforts and reducing its challenges.
The people around SNP’s strategic table are all about creating space for big ideas and innovative approaches to issues faced within the sector. And, always strive to ensure there is a provincial focus, which is inclusive and relevant to all nonprofit organizations regardless of size, scope and location. SNP is a vehicle to share knowledge within the sector – through interpretation and analysis of research, and by providing timely, meaningful data on perceptions and trends within the sector. Our goal is to be representative of the sector – a credible resource and a knowledge hub of opportunity and support for those working and volunteering in nonprofits.
Our mission is to benefit the nonprofit sector through research, networking, public awareness, sector strategy development and thought leadership. Our long-term vision is that the nonprofit sector is widely recognized as a fundamental and essential contributor to Saskatchewan’s success.
Through a collaborative approach to its work, SNP supports you and your organization with information and learning for new leaders, opportunities for mentoring, and research about trends in the sector. It provides a pipeline to help manage some of the challenges that we all face working “in the nonprofit trenches.”
Senior leaders of the following organizations serve as members:
Ultimately, our success will result in improved services for the beneficiaries of the work of the nonprofit sector in Saskatchewan. Specifically, we aspire to achieve the following:
SNP Background
Following attendance at Imagine Canada’s National Summit in November 2011, a group of Saskatchewan nonprofit sector leaders came together to explore the concept of a provincial organization to serve the sector similar to other provinces across the country. A feasibility study and survey undertaken in 2012 with 500 respondents indicated support for the concept, with many recommendations regarding governance, focus and priorities.
In 2015, the group adopted Saskatchewan Nonprofit Partnership as the operating name. Since then SNP has hosted provincial summits, co-hosted learning events with the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Studies Network at Luther College, and undertaken several research studies on the sector in Saskatchewan. In addition, SNP shares resources, research, and events of relevance to the sector.
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