Here is an archived webinar entitled “Receipting for Canadian Charities: To Issue or Not to Issue an Official Donation Receipt” with charity lawyer Mark Blumberg. https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=581177&rKey=1f03a97ff473446d&act=pb
Here is a free archived webinar entitled “Legal Issues for Canadian Charities: Beyond the Top 10” with charity lawyer Mark Blumberg https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=560427&rKey=eb2b26271716b465&act=pb
Here is a free archived webinar entitled “Top 10 Canada Revenue Agency Compliance Issues for Charities” with charity lawyer Mark Blumberg. https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=347957&rKey=b0409024f1fe1f72&act=pb
Here is an archived webinar entitled “Basic Internal Financial Controls for Canadian Registered Charities” https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=387717&act=pb&rKey=cbfd36b7be66045d
Here is an archived webinar entitled “Risk Management for Canadian Charities” https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=388027&rKey=1314cbfa89fddcf3&act=pb
Here is a free webinar entitled “Governance 101 for Canadian Charities and Their Boards of Directors” from the Charity Law Information Program (CLIP) https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=505717&rKey=3a1e71ab5ca2421f&act=pb
It is not well known but the Federal and Provincial governments work collaboratively on charity regulation in Canada “to develop mutually beneficial public awareness and education products and projects.”. Here is a little piece which illustrates some of the collaboration. …
[the archived recording of the webinar Haiti – Legal and Ethical Issues for Canadian charities is now available at https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=619547&rKey=680663606ebf9a91&act=pb (It is approx 1h and 10 min)] We are also beta testing some other webinars at: OCIC, myself and…
Here is the schedule for Being Good at Doing Good: Safeguarding Yourself and your Charity in a Complex World. There is an amazing line up of speakers. CLIP_Conference_Schedule.pdf Check out the topics and speakers and register while you can…
For information on the conference see: The conference is sponsored by the Canada Revenue Agency and I am helping Capacity Builders organize this charity conference. The charitable sector is a large and important part of Canada’s economy and society.…
Here is a press release from the law firm Scarfone Hawkins LLP on this case. The defendants are Rochester Financial Limited, Promittere Capital Group Inc., Promittere Asset Management Ltd., Banyan Tree Foundation and national law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP. …
To help with Haiti Relief the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency will temporarily be working on weekends “Note: As a temporary measure, the Charities Directorate is providing additional telephone service for donors and charities who want information about…
Recently a US Report on major embezzlements by Marquet International was released. The report covers only one type of fraud namely embezzlement or the misappropriation of resources by an employee or agent of an organization for his or her own…
Here is some useful information from the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs on why it is better to donate cash rather than goods during a disaster. “Why should you donate cash instead of goods? Because cash donations are quick,…
The Haiti Earthquake shows quite vividly how difficult and complicated international charitable activities can be. From logistical issues to security, careful planning, preparation and having the requisite experience and people on the ground are important. At an upcoming conference in…
Keep the lines and internet sites busy. Donate to reputable, experienced, knowledgeable Canadian aid organizations that already have operations in Haiti such as the members of the Humanitarian Coalition () or Doctors Without Borders Canada () Here is an article…
Here is a CBC article on how scammers and cyber criminals are trying to exploit the generosity of people. Save yourself the disappointment and embarrassment and if you are interested in helping people in Haiti donate to an experienced Canadian…
One release is a caution encouraging Canadians to be an informed donor and see part of the CRA website on being an informed donor. The other is a reminder that in a disaster the urge by some to set up…
There are many different ways that you can help. One way is to make a donation to the Humanitarian Coalition. The Humanitarian Coalition is comprised of CARE Canada, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam-Québec and Save the Children Canada. These four agencies are…
The CRA put out a Tax Alert today – they identified that in the last fiscal year (2008-2009) they had “reassessed over 20,000 individuals who had participated in at least 1 of 20 unacceptable tax shelter gifting arrangements.” Also they…
The preliminary schedule for Being Good at Doing Good: Safeguarding Yourself and your Charity in a Complex World was released today Check out the topics and speakers and register while you can for this CLIP conference.
Through the Charity Law Information Program I will be delivering over 30 online webinars over the next two months. They are priced at $25 per webinar. The webinars are listed at www.capacitybuilders.ca/clip Here is a coupon code xq42k that…
My CanadianCharity channel on Twitter is growing rapidly. I have 117 people following me (and most are not even family) You can access it at It covers legal, ethical and practical issues with charities in Canada. A great way…
In Newsletter 33, CRA identified various registered charities that have had their registered charity status revoked for involvement in tax shelter gifting arrangements. In Newsletter 33 (), CRA advised as follows: “Tax shelter-related revocations In 2009, the following charities had…