“This is not a time for caution or nostalgia. It is a time for principled, intentional, and courageous transformation.” Writing on the McLeod Group platform, Cuso International CEO Nicolas Moyer argues that, in the face of serious cuts to aid budgets, Canadian NGOs must not only rethink their business models, they must move boldly and quickly to actually change how they work by restructuring, streamlining, sunsetting some programs, and perhaps merging. “The organizations willing to reimagine themselves for the next decade,” he writes,” will be the ones that continue to deliver meaningful impact long after the current disruptions have passed.” Read the full blog here: https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2026/01/time-for-canadian-international-development-ngos-to-rethink-their-business-model/
