CRA has just released the 2018 T3010 Registered Charity Information Return. The T3010 is a form that Canadian registered charities need to file each year within six months of their fiscal year-end. Failure to file the return can quickly result in…
The US House and Senate are looking at major changes to the tax code that could have a significant impact on US donors and whether they receive any tax incentives for their donations. Now, 1 in 3 US donors may get…
CRA has provided information through ATIP on third-party civil penalties from 2009 to 2016. The number of completed third-party penalty audits where it was determined that the penalty would be applied is 67. The amount of the penalties was about $164 million. Here…
We have just released the Blumbergs’ Snapshot of the Ontario Charity Sector 2015. We recently reviewed the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return database for 2015 as part of the Sean Blumberg Transparency Project. We had previously provided a 2015 overview of the…
Mark Blumberg will be delivering two upcoming Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario (CPA Ontario) charity programs: Charity Fundraising and Receipting Rules – A Primer for Accountants and T3010 and Transparency in the Charitable Sector. Here are the text descriptions of the 2 upcoming…
CRA has recently announced that starting in late 2018, registered charities will be able to file their annual Form T3010, Registered Charity Information Return online through the Canada Revenue Agency’s My Business Account (MyBA). Currently the T3010 form must be printed and…
Corporations Canada of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada has been dissolving non-profit corporations that are under the Canada Corporations Act (CCA) but have not continued to the new Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”). Corporations Canada has advised me that as…
In this note Which Canadian charities had the highest expenditures in 2015? we list Canadian registered charities that spent over $10 million and how much they spent as reported for the 2015 fiscal year.The total expenditures of all the 84,442 registered…
The Canadian Charity Law Association (CCLA) is pleased to present: Charities, Regulation and Donors – some international perspectives on June 22, 2017 at 8:30AM in Toronto. The 1/2 day program will cover 4 thought provoking topics (see bios below) and…
In this article Some of the Canadian charities that spend the most on political activities? I have not only listed some of the Canadian charities that spent the most on political activities but also showed readers how they can find and sort the…
In this note Which Canadian charities had the biggest revenue in 2015? we cover the charities that received over $10 million in their 2015 fiscal year. The total revenue of the charity sector in 2015 was over $251 billion.
In this note Which Canadian charities had the largest assets in 2015? it identifies Canadian charities that had assets of over $10 million as identified for the 2015 fiscal year. The total assets identified are $397,833,310,726.00. This does not account for…
There are over 294,000 records of Canadian charities gifting to qualified donees in total (both within and outside of Canada). We reviewed the list and have compiled a list of gifts over $1.3 million to foreign qualified donees only for…
Here is a article “Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to other Qualified Donees for 2015” with a list of all gifts over $1,000,000 from the 2015 T3010 Registered Charity Information Returns from one registered charity to another qualified donee.
Over the past 25 years there have been 447 Canadian registered charities that the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has revoked as a result of audit, formerly known as revocation for cause. Here is an article entitled…
Here is an article entitled Total revenue received from all sources outside Canada by Canadian Registered Charities in 2015 which lists the Canadian charities that received the largest contributions from outside of Canada. The charity world is increasingly international…
In this note Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from the Canadian Federal government in 2015? we cover the Canadian charities that received over $100,000 from the Federal government in 2015. The Federal government provided approximately $6.8 billion to…
In this note Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from provincial or territorial governments in 2015? it covers charities that received the most revenue from either provincial or territorial government in Canada. The total amount received was over $150…
In this note Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from municipal or regional governments in 2015? we cover the Canadian registered charities who received over $1 million in revenue from municipal or regional governments as reported for their 2015…
We are pleased to announce the Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Law Institute 2017 will be on Monday October 16, 2017. Further details will follow. Registration and early bird information is here.
Mark Blumberg will be co-presenting on “How community foundations can lead and engage in small ‘a’ advocacy” in Ottawa at the Community Foundations of Canada 2017 Conference on Saturday May 13, 2017. Here are more details on the session: Block…
Here is our article “Which Canadian charities spent money on foreign activities in 2015 and how much did they spend?”
We have just released our Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Sector Snapshot 2015. Lots of interesting statistics and information on the Canadian charity sector. As well if you want information on individual charities or want to sort charities based on about 20 criteria checkout…
Kate Robertson and Mark Blumberg recently prepared Part 2 of the article series, Guidance for Professional Athletes considering Philanthropy in Canada. This article provides suggestions and tips for professional athletes (and their trusted advisors) with respect to estabishing and operating a successful Canadian registered…