CanadaHelps announced the launch of the  Charity Growth Academy, an initiative made possible by Mastercard and its new Mastercard Changeworks program. Charity Growth Academy is a free digital transformation program to help Canadian charities become more digitally enabled. Through the program, charities will build technical skills, improve their operational processes, and develop digital mindsets by leveraging the training, expert support, grants, and tools of the program. The national initiative is now underway with a pilot program of 11 organizations from across Canada. The pilot program will run through April 2023.

Each charity participating in the pilot will receive up to $10,000 in grant money from Mastercard, and free access to the CanadaHelps Donor Management System, a tool critical to effective fundraising and donor stewardship.