For the past four years, Ontario’s registered charities have had the opportunity to submit their annual reports to become recognized for financial reporting excellence by the Voluntary Sector Reporting Awards (VSRAs).The award was created as an incentive to raise standards within the not for profit sector on financial reporting transparency.
We are thrilled to announce that BlueSky client, DeafBlind Ontario Services (DBOS) was selected as one of the top five VRSA finalists out of over 100 Ontario charities nominated for the running. We worked closely with DBOS to develop an original concept and design, showcasing the organization’s successes and challenges for the past year.
Knowing that numbers and statistics have powerful impact, we decided on a concept that emphasized numbers within the report. The numbers concept was a great way to express the organization’s efforts to be transparent and open about how many people were helped and how many projects progressed over the past year, while also drawing attention to the financial information within the report.
We believe that transparency is an important ingredient in ensuring the growth of a charitable organization, as sponsors and donators need to see where their money is going and how it’s helping the cause they have invested in. We hope that winning this award has opened new doors for DBOS, as now Ontarians can see the hard efforts that have been in effect at the organization.
