Habitat for Humanity Canada Among First to Adopt Imagine Canada’s New Ethical Code

Habitat for Humanity Canada places a high value on our relationship with you, our donors and friends. Without your support, we would not be able to achieve our mission of building affordable housing and providing access to homeownership.

Among 11 Charities First to Adopt Imagine Canada’s New Ethical Code Program
We believe that transparency and accountability are essential to our success. With this in mind, Habitat for Humanity Canada announced earlier this year that we would be among the first
11 charities in the country to adopt Imagine Canada’s new Ethical Code Program for 2008.

Standards, Accountability and Transparency for All Donations
The Ethical Fundraising and Financial Accountability Code lays out a set of standards for charitable organizations to manage and report their financial affairs responsibly. By voluntarily adhering to these standards, Habitat for Humanity Canada is with accepted practices for soliciting and managing donor dollars. This is important because you, our supporters, are entitled to transparency and the greatest impact possible for your investment.

Ethical Code Responsibilities
With more than 82,000 charities in Canada, donors have a wide variety of options when it comes to choosing where to invest their dollars. Donors can feel confident that Ethical Code participants can be trusted to steward their contributions responsibly. The Code itself will evolve on an ongoing basis to remain in step with current practices in fundraising and financial management. Complaints will be reviewed by a volunteer committee of finance and fundraising experts and all charities are required to submit an annual report. As well, the Ethical Code works in tandem with other standards initiatives such as the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Code of Ethics for individual fundraisers.