The Fraser Institute: Nine Canadian Non-Profit Agencies Named as Best in Country, Earning Donner Awards and Share of $70,000 Prize Money.

Canadian Corporate News, October, 2007

TORONTO, ONTARIO, Oct 19, 2007 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Simon House Residence Society in Calgary staked its claim to being one of the best run social service agencies in Canada, winning three awards including the top two awards handed out at the 10th annual Donner Canadian Foundation Awards for Excellence in the Delivery of Social Services Friday in Toronto.

The society, which runs a series of drug addiction programs in Calgary, was named highest performing agency overall, earning the $20,000 William H. Donner Award for Excellence in the Delivery of Social Services. Simon House also picked up the Peter F. Drucker Award for Non-Profit Management, along with $5,000 in prize money. The award is given to a non-profit organization with a consistent record of...