Here is a free archived webinar entitled “Cooperation and Mergers in the Canadian Charitable Sector”. https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=624477&rKey=bb493098d9d816c9&act=pb
Here is a free archived webinar entitled “Working in Difficult Areas: 16 Steps to Avoiding Direct or Indirect Involvement with Terrorism” with charity lawyer Mark Blumberg. https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=506162&rKey=030166e88da95ab7&act=pb
Here is a free archived webinar entitled “Avoiding Extreme Misuse of Charitable Assets: Fraud, Money Laundering, and Terrorism” with charity lawyer Mark Blumberg. https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=440632&rKey=dabdc720d228c0e6&act=pb
Here is a free archived webinar entitled “Foreign Activities: An In-Depth Review of Legal Issues” https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=336577&rKey=4724562b329b659a&act=pb
Here is a free archived webinar entitled “Ethical Issues and Foreign Activities” with charity lawyer Mark Blumberg. https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=595442&rKey=2c43133114600d23&act=pb
Here is a free archived webinar entitled “How to Read a Charity’s Financial Statement” with Eric Plato, CMA. https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=594467&rKey=3c0bfefcfc6c0c08&act=pb
Here is a free archived webinar entitled “Dealing with a Canada Revenue Agency Audit”. https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=547947&rKey=c91388f375f36729&act=pb
Here is a free archived webinar entitled “Low Cost Fundraising – Legal Issues with Third Party Events and Bequests”. https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=547307&rKey=d508eba7a71f3dbc&act=pb
Here is a free archived webinar entitled “Practical Advice on Maintaining Adequate Books and Records” with Eric Plato, CMA. https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=597002&rKey=c6620d6d25fd8462&act=pb
Here is a free archived webinar entitled “CRA’s New Fundraising Guidance: What Does It Mean?” https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=440027&rKey=482cc2c6dcf99042&act=pb
Here is an archived webinar entitled “Business Activities and Earned Income by Canadian Charities” with charity lawyer Mark Blumberg. https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=559052&rKey=9947b9c3dc70b510&act=pb
Here is an archived webinar entitled “Allowable Charitable Activities and Non-Charitable Activities” by charity lawyer Mark Blumberg https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=556857&rKey=ba363d7271522385&act=pb
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 “Tour of the Canada Revenue Agency Charity Directorate and Various Charity Law Resources on the Web” with Mark Blumberg, a Toronto based charity lawyer. https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=548647&rKey=c0ce81cdd52ef188&act=pb
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. …
If you are trying to understand the disbursement quota for Canadian charities then you may find this CRA page on the disbursement quota calculation helpful. Here is the link
[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…
It may take a while to know the full story but so far the headlines are “Baptist group accused of child-trafficking in Haiti ” or “Haiti ‘orphans’ case: Misunderstanding or kidnap?” from the BBC. A few thoughts: CRA in…
Here is a reminder from the Charities Directorate of CRA that one registered charity should not issue an official donation receipt to another registered charity. So for example if a foundation gives another registered charity funds the recipient charity does…