I recently reviewed the CRA Charities Listing. It appears that 62 charities have been revoked by CRA over the past 4 years purely because they had been dissolved under their corporate legislation. The search is for “Revoked – Other” on the…
I will be presenting to the Ontario Hospital Association's Strengthening Foundation Governance: Current Issues, Challenges and Solutions on Friday May 13, 2016. My topic will be: Managing Compliance Risks for Foundations • Top compliance concerns for foundations • Legal and standards…
We have just released the Blumbergs' Snapshot of the Canadian Charity Sector 2014 as part of the Sean Blumberg Transparency Project. This is the fifth snapshot provided by Blumbergs of the Canadian charity sector. The database covers about 84,500 of the 86,000 registered…
We recently contacted Corporations Canada regarding the updated statistics on continuances and dissolutions under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (‘CNCA’). Apparently in March there has been an increasing number of entities that have transitioned to the CNCA. Here are the current figures:…
In June 2014, which is almost 2 years ago, I put in a request to CRA to receive a copy of certain information on the Non-Profit Organization Risk Identification Project (NPORIP). On April 11, 2016, I received over 220 pages of documents…
The CRA provides numerous reminders to charities to file the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return. There used to be 2000 Canadian charities that did not file their T3010 and were revoked for non-filing. As a result of the vigilant system CRA…
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal from the Opportunities for the Disabled Foundation v. The Queen (FCA). Here is a PDF copy of the Federal Court of Appeal decision in Opportunities for the Disabled Foundation v. The Queen.
Many non-profits and charities are not aware of the charitable fundraising regulations in Alberta. If a non-profit or charity is fundraising in Alberta and meets specific criteria under the Charitable Fundraising Act (the 'Act'), it may need to be registered. Generally,…
The new B.C. Societies Act (which is anticipated to come into force in November of 2016 and is replacing the old B.C. Society Act) has new requirements with respect to the registration of extra-provincial non-profit corporations. Under the previous legislation, extra-provincial registration was optional, however…
[Update – if you are interested in T3010 information on Canadian registered charities check out www.charitydata.ca] Imagine Canada has recently noted that their website www.charityfocus.ca will be shut down. Here is the short notice “As of April 8, 2016, Imagine Canada will…
Here is a list of the Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to all other Qualified Donees – 2011.
Here is a list of the Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to all other Qualified Donees – 2012.
Here is a list of the Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to all other Qualified Donees – 2013.
Here is a list of the Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to all other Qualified Donees – 2014
Here is a list of the Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to Foreign Qualified Donees for 2014. The list contains gifts of approximately $254 million. This is in addition to over $3.1 billion listed in our recent article Which Canadian charities spent…
Canadian registered charities spent in 2014 over $3.1 Billion dollars outside of Canada by using employees, volunteers or intermediaries. This figures does not include certain gifts to “qualified donees” that are prescribed universities or UN agencies which are further hundreds of…
Today the new Liberal Government has delivered their first budget. Here is our article 2016 Canadian Federal Budget – How will it affect the Canadian charitable sector?
The Hamilton Spectator has revealed that US charity with a branch in Canada is being sued as part of a class-action lawsuit. The article entitled “Hamilton-based charity allegedly can’t account for over $90M in donations“. The subtitle is “There are…
The Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate of the CRA released a ruling in October 2015 which discusses the application of the Goods and Services Tax (GST)/Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) to a charity event. Some of the issues covered in…
The Toronto Star has an article entitled “Top court puts Humane Society of Canada on borrowed time: After a nine-year battle with Canada’s taxman, The Humane Society of Canada will not get a chance to stave off impending revocation of its…
We recently received some information from the Charities Directorate of CRA which shows the combined assets and revenues of the Canadian registered charity sector for 2013 and 2014. Total assets of the sector in 2014 has increased to $372 billion compared to $351…
In a recent decision of the Federal Court of Appeal, French, it dealt with a technical issue of whether an argument should be struck, as it was by the Tax Court judge, “on the basis that it was doomed to…
I look forward to speaking at the AFP Ottawa Fundraising Day 2016 on May 18, 2016. My topic will be “Top 20 Charity Law Issues for Canadian Registered Charities”. Here is a detailed description of the presentation: A Track – Charity…
I look forward to the AFP GTA Fundraising Day 2016 which will be held on June 9, 2016. There will be various speakers and panels. I will be on a panel with Bruce MacDonald (Imagine Canada), Hilary Pearson (PFC), Caroline Riseboro (Plan International), Stewart…