Paul Nazareth has worked in Canada’s philanthropic sector for over 25 years. He continues to teach philanthropic tax, financial, estate and gift planning with the Canadian Association of Gift Planners (CAGP) part-time. Paul was previously VP at the charity CanadaHelps, was a philanthropic advisor with a national wealth management firm in a trust company and spent 15 years working with charities from Universities to Churches. Paul is part of the Governing Circle of The Circle on Indigenous Philanthropy, on the board of Word on the Street, Canada’s largest literary festival, and on the editorial committee of The Philanthropist Journal. He serves as faculty for the Master Financial Advisor in Philanthropy (MFA-P) program led by CAGP, Knowledge Bureau and Spire Philanthropy, and is a frequent instructor to both charities and advisors. Paul writes on philanthropy for a variety of publications and regularly appears on national radio and television to speak about finding meaning in generosity.
Latest and Greatest Hits:
- National publication on the future of asset-based giving in Canada, curated by me as head of education for the Canadian Association of Gift Planners https://bit.ly/FoundationMagazine_GiftPlanningEdition
- CanadaLife and I collaborated on the actual legal and financial compliance issues on the charities side, as told here in the Globe & Mail https://bit.ly/CharitableInsuranceDonations
- Been on every major podcast for tax, financial, estate advisors ( CPA, Advocis, STEP ) – here is a video discussion on volunteerism – 17,000 financial advisors watch this monthly https://www.advocis.ca/edition-59-the-volunteer-connection/
- This is THE key publication for bequests in Canada, while I am a writer https://www.donorsguide.ca/pdf/2023/GiftPlanning_Nazareth.pdf I’m the only writer for 20+ years https://www.donorsguide.ca/articles.html
- Lastly, I am the architect of the “Master Financial Advisor in Philanthropy” https://www.knowledgebureau.com/site/program/mfa-p . It’s my work, my actual voice that teaches the designation and thousands of advisors have learned the tax, financial and estate planning of philanthropy from me over the past 25 years.
- I am the only person under 50 ( and only person of diversity ) to ever be named a ‘Friend/Fellow’ of CAGP alongside leaders like Jim Flaherty and others who have affected philanthropy in Canada https://bit.ly/FriendsofCAGP
- Recently a billion dollar international Foundation asked me to keynote their introduction to Canada https://www.postcodelotteryfoundation.ca/news/neighborly-values-community-and-generosity/
- A quick video I made for the Toronto Public Library on my own bequest https://youtu.be/OjvYLZBlGLw?feature=shared
- My TEDx Talk at UofT ( I’m a 2nd generation alumni, fellow of UofT and teach alumni about career development ) on networking VS. Community https://youtu.be/hKW07MktzKU?feature=shared
- My TEDx Talk/FRANK on the profession of ‘gift planning’ Vs. Fundraising https://youtu.be/JJ-RB0Anbyk?feature=shared