The Charities Directorate of CRA has revoked the registered charity status of the group “World Assembly of Muslim Youth” CRA notes: “Summary of Reasons for Revocation – WORLD ASSEMBLY OF MUSLIM YOUTH On the basis of our audit and…
The CRA recently revoked the registered charity status of the United Holy Land Fund. CRA alleges that the United Holy Land Fund did not have “direction and control” over the use of its resources, failed to maintain adequate books and…
The Canada Revenue Agency has revoked the registration of Escarpment Biosphere Foundation Inc. as a charity for participating in the Canadian Humanitarian Trust tax shelter gifting arrangement (Donation Program). The CRA notes “Our audit revealed that the Escarpment Biosphere Foundation…
There will be another Being Good at Doing Good conference on February 13 and 14, 2012 organized by the Charity Law Information Program – you don’t want to miss this conference. We will have some of the top experts from…
Here is a list of the Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to other Qualified Donees – 2010. You might find this interesting. Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to other Qualified Donees – 2010 Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to other…
Alice Holt, the Head of Legal Services for the London office of the Charity Commission of England and Wales will be speaking at CLIP “Being Good at Doing Good” Conference in Toronto, which is being held February 13 and 14. …
Ken Berger, the President & Chief Executive Officer, of the US charity watch dog group Charity Navigator will speaking at the CLIP conference “Being Good at Doing Good” on the subject of “The Battle for Transparency in the Non-Profit Sector”.…
Lois G. Lerner, the Director of the Exempt Organizations Division of the Internal Revenue Service will be speaking at the Charity Law Information Program (CLIP) Conference “Being Good at Doing Good” in Toronto, which is taking place on February 13…
The Toronto Star’s Investigative Reporter Kevin Donovan, who frequently covers the charitable sector, will be presenting at the Charity Law Information Program (CLIP) conference “Being Good at Doing Good”. Increasingly the media has been focusing on charities and certain hot…
There has been a little political firestorm last week over US foundations funding of certain Canadian environmental charities. So how much revenue actually comes to Canada from foreign countries including the US? The answer seems to be about $831 million. …
On December 21, 2011 the Department of Finance announced a consultation on “updating Canada’s regime for combating money laundering and terrorist financing.” They also put out a consultation paper, “Strengthening Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering and Anti?Terrorist Financing Regime,” which contains a…
In a Globe and Mail article entitled “Foes of Northern Gateway pipeline fear revocation of charitable status” there is a discussion of recent issues raised about foreign funding on Canadian charities and political activities of Canadian charities. On the political…
Here is a copy of a recent presentation on CRA’s Foreign Activity Guidance. See further information on resources on foreign activities.
Minister of International Cooperation, Bev Oda, announced on December 23, 2011 the results of the Call for Proposals process of the Partnerships with Canadian branch. 53 organizations received about $142 million in total commitments. Here is a note from the…
Here is an interesting article on transparency in the Chinese charitable sector. “Charities will lose public credibility without transparency,” said one researcher. It is interesting to note that in one scandal involving the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), the…
The CRA just put out a press release entitled “The Canada Revenue Agency revokes the charitable status of the Canadian Foundation for Tamil Refugee Rehabilitation”. The Canada Revenue Agency revokes the charitable status of the Canadian Foundation for Tamil…
The Toronto Star has written about a Canadian charity named HEDAC in an article entitled “Toronto charity goes from zero to $60M in a year” Toronto charity goes from zero to $60M in a year November 16, 2011 10:11:00…
Here is a program we are putting on entitled “Trends in U.S.-based Global Grantmaking” with Andrew Ho of the US Council on Foundations. [update below] Trends in U.S.-based Global Grantmaking Charitable foundations and philanthropists in the United States are increasingly…
It seems that the Australians are also suffering from some of the tax schemes that have plagued Canada. The Australian Tax Office notes “Examples of tax schemes Tax schemes often involve a series of complex transactions. They may also involve…
I will be presenting on Partnering with Charities for Effective CSR. Here is a brochure on the the Canada-Southern Africa Chamber of Business seminar entitled Risk Mitigation and CSR in Africa and Emerging Markets.
Here is a copy of the Blumbergs Canadian Charity Law List – October 2011. To sign up and receive monthly updates go to FEATURED 1) Industry Canada announces that on Monday October 17, 2011 Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (CNCA)…
According to the Globe and Mail “Canadians contributed $70-million to East Africa famine relief, a figure that will be matched by the Harper government. This brings the total government response to $142-million – $70-million in matching funds and $72.35-million that…
In 2009, according to the CRA and its T3010 data, Canadian charities spent 2.9 billion outside of Canada. The 2.9 Billion spent by Canadian charities outside of Canada is a 16% increase over 2008. Furthermore in 2002 the expenditures on…
Here is an interesting report involving a UK charity with many lessons that can be learned by Canadian charities. The UK charity raised money for the Tsunami in 2004 and the Pakistan earthquake in 2005. In 2006 there were allegations…