CanadianCharityLaw.ca is a website and blog of the law firm Blumbergs Professional Corporation (Blumbergs) based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Blumbergs provides legal services and advice to Canadian non-profits and registered charities, and foreign groups interested in operating in Canada, including on the following:
- Incorporation of non-profits, organizing non-profits
- Applying for registered charitable status in Canada
- Maintaining charitable status and dealing with the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) and their requirements
- Facilitating foreign charitable activities undertaken by Canadian charities
- Corporate changes (amending articles and by-laws) and moving Ontario non-profit corporations to the Federal CNCA
- Assisting and creating charitable partnerships, contractor relationships, joint ventures, affiliations and mergers
- Operating social enterprises and related business activities for charities
- Developing and revising agreements with donors and funders
- Providing advice on legal and ethical issues associated with fundraising, governance and operational issues
- Improving governance including policies, procedures, and by-laws
- Assisting non-profits and charities with advocacy and political activities
- Advising on fundraising contracts, major gifts agreements and planned giving
- Conducting informal risk reviews and advising on risk management
- Assisting clients with CRA “books and records reviews” and CRA audits of registered charities
- In-person and online educational programs for boards, staff, and volunteers on legal and ethical issues
Our blog at CanadianCharityLaw.ca provides accessible, plain language and free legal, ethical and practical information to a large number of Canadian individuals, non-profits and charities to assist them to understand their non-profit or charity’s obligations.
Our firm prides itself on providing advice that is practical, up-to-date, affordable and that integrates ethical issues with legal advice. We work with clients – everyone from very small to very large charities, to help them understand both their legal and ethical responsibilities and to raise the level and standards of practice. Donors, the media, and the public have expectations of charities that are not based solely on the charity meeting their minimum legal requirements.
The information on this website is provided free, as is, and subject to our Disclaimer, Copyright and Privacy Notice.
If you require legal advice with respect to non-profits and charities and wish to retain our law firm please contact Mark Blumberg at mark@blumbergs.ca or 416.361.1982 and we will send you a copy of our billing policy which includes hourly rates and charges for services.
Blumbergs Professional Corporation is a small law firm with ten lawyers in downtown Toronto. It was originally set up by Henry Blumberg in 1984.
Mark Blumberg is a lawyer at the law firm of Blumbergs Professional Corporation in Toronto and works almost exclusively in the areas of non-profit and charity law. He has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Toronto, an LLB from the University of British Columbia and an LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School in Tax Law.
Mark is also the editor of www.CanadianCharityLaw.ca – a Canadian charity law blog. He also manages www.CharityData.ca which is the largest portal in Canada with data on Canadian registered charities and www.SmartGiving.ca, a website encouraging Canadians to donate to legitimate charities.
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