We recently reviewed the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return database for 2021 as part of the Sean Blumberg Transparency Project. The database covers about 83,771 of the approximately 86,000 registered charities in Canada that had filed their T3010 and were processed into CRA’s Charity Listing database by September 2023. We divided the data for this analysis into separate Snaphots for charitable organizations, public foundations and private foundations.
As you may know the CRA divides the Canadian charity sector into 3 designations, assigned to each charity when they receive their notification of registration. The three designations are public foundations, private foundations, and charitable organizations, and are determined by the charities structure, the source of their funding and their mode of operation. A charity can request a change to its designation. More information on the designation system can be found on the Government of Canada’s website.
Here are our Blumbergs’ Snapshots for the three designations:
Blumbergs’ Snapshot of Charitable Organizations in the Canadian Charity Sector 2021
Blumbergs’ Snapshot of Public Foundations in the Canadian Charity Sector 2021
Blumbergs’ Snapshot of Private Foundations in the Canadian Charity Sector 2021