Coming together as non-profit professionals is key to building a unified voice for what our sector needs. By meeting and working together, we can better understand the diversity of our sector as well as the commonality of challenges we face.

The MFNPO conducts research to better understand the labour market dynamics of the non-profit sector in Manitoba. Through collaboration with other provincial and national organizations including the Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations and the HR Council for the Nonprofit Sector; the MFNPO endeavours to gather, analyze and disseminate the highest quality research available on the non-profit sector workforce in Manitoba.

The MFNPO works with provincial and federal governments to help develop policy that strengthens the sustainability of Manitoba’s non-profit sector. Through ongoing discussions with the Provincial Government, the MFNPO has been a leader in steering the following three pilots that are currently either in planning or implementation phases.

With over tens of thousands of employees working in community-based non-profits across Manitoba, workforce development is critical to the future of Manitoba’s non-profit sector. The MFNPO runs three key initiatives that include Skills Development, Shared Services – HR Peer Learning Hubs, and the provision of Labour Market Information to the sector.