CRA discusses Federal/Provincial/Territorial Network of Charity Regulators in a new page. I’m very pleased that this page has been set up and it provides greater transparency on the regulation of charities in Canada. The Network has been around since 2004,…
The Charity Commission is consulting on whether to add additional questions to the T3010. They are suggesting some of the answers will be published and some will not be. In Canada, we have a T3010 that has not changed much…
Americans are reeling from a recent leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion that is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and leave abortion in the hands of state politicians, causing many Americans to decry what they believe to be…
I will be presenting to the Foundation, Endowment and Not For Profit Investment Summit on Navigating the Top Compliance Issues Facing Canadian Foundations. Here is some further information: Thursday, May 12, 2022, at 9:30 AM LEGAL UPDATE: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS Navigating…
In this article, Gifts by Canadian Charities to Donor Advised Funds in 2019, we will look at gifts from Canadian registered charities to Canadian charities that are donor advised funds. We recently reviewed the T3010 information for 2019. The database…
Here is our article Gifts by Canadian Charities to the Registered Foreign Universities in 2019. In this article, we will look at funding of registered foreign universities that are qualified donees by Canadian registered charities. We recently reviewed the T3010…
Over the last decade, we have provided to the public CRA letters relating to a number of Canadian registered charity revocations. These letters from CRA cover many different grounds for de-registration. Some relate to relatively minor matters such as an…
Finally, the “CRA Guidance Protection of the Environment and Charitable Registration” is available to the public. This 2014 version obtained through ATIP is the first non-redacted version of the guidance available to the public. Previously, only the footnotes were available…
Here is the CRA Guidance Purposes Not Furthered which discusses when CRA would register a charity when with respect to some purposes there may not be enough information. Essentially, it sets out the risk assessment that CRA would use. CRA…
The Department of Finance has released the Notice of Ways and Means Motion to introduce an Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022, and other measures. Here is a PDF. It is…
The Logic recently had an article entitled “Liberals plan to order increase in charity foundations’ spending, following The Logic’s investigation“. The article notes: The commitment comes after an investigation by The Logic found that seven percent of charities, and…
I am very grateful that Mary Barroll, President of CharityVillage, spent over an hour with me discussing the charity sector in Canada including business activities and social enterprise as well as regulator and public policy issues. For those interested in…
In an article entitled Charities will soon have a higher spending quota to keep charitable status, Chris Nardi of the National Post discussed the Federal budget’s change in the disbursement quota. For our coverage, see Canadian Federal Budget 2022 and…
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled a budget today at 4:00 PM. Here is our article 2022 Canadian Federal Budget and its impact on the Canadian charitable sector. The budget dealt with many big issues surrounding Canada’s COVID-19 recovery and housing,…
Non-profits and charities that fundraise in Alberta and are well-informed of their obligations probably received a bit of a surprise when they applied for registration under the Alberta Charitable Fundraising Act this year. The previously brief, relatively painless registration process…
The CRA recently published their annual “Report on the Charities Program 2020 to 2021″. (PDF) Here are some comments: The Minister of National Revenue states: “To continue building and maintaining public trust in the charities regulator and the charitable sector,…
Here is our article List of Canadian Registered Charities Revoked as a Result of an Audit Over the Last 30 Years In the article, we discuss how we recently requested and received from CRA a list of all Canadian registered charities…
Here is our Blumbergs Snapshot of the Canadian Charity Sector 2018 – Fundraising which shows fundraising revenues and costs over a number of years. Some of the highlights of the Blumbergs’ Snapshot of the Canadian Charity Sector 2018 –…
I have not been keeping up with my reading. Just took a look at the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics and their report from June 2021 on Questions of Conflict of Interest and Lobbying in Relation…
Let’s start with the most obvious. Canadian individuals and corporations can donate to numerous Canadian registered charities that are dealing with the situation in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. Here are examples of some of the groups: Canadian Red Cross Society…
Here are some suggestions for donating to a Canadian charity in a disaster such as we are seeing in Ukraine. You might also find our article Helping Ukraine deal with the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian invasion helpful. Select…
The Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson is reviewing CRA audits of registered charities. I have extensive comments at the bottom of this note, if you want to skip some of the background below. There have been concerns expressed by some in the…
Here is the Blumbergs’ Pre-Budget Submission for the 2022 Federal Budget that we filed on February 25, 2022. Our top recommendations are: List of Recommendations Primary Recommendations Recommendation 1: That the Federal government amend Section 241 of the Income Tax…
For those who don’t know there is a concept called tax expenditures. It is an estimate of the cost to a government of certain tax concessions. How much does it cost the Federal government to give a tax break such…