Who could have imagined only a few months ago a recent headline in the Globe and Mail, “Harvard, U of T agree on contingency plan for some international students to finish studies in Canada“. The Globe noted: Harvard and the…
In this article, Jesuits of Canada suing Guelph couple for $7.2M: Jesuits of Canada says its former director of finance stole funds he and his wife then used to live the high life, the Jesuits of Canada are accusing a…
In a recent case, Gruber v. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2025 ONSC 3088, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dealt with a bequest from a Canadian estate to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which is a qualified donee as a…
Over the last decade, we have provided to the public CRA letters relating to a number of Canadian registered charity revocations and other CRA sanctions, such as penalties and suspensions. These letters from CRA cover many different grounds for de-registration…
CRA announces new digital filing option for T3010 forms for Canadian registered charities Since 2019, Canadian registered charities have been able to file their T3010 electronically by setting up an account on the CRA My Business Account (My BA) system. …
About 10,000 CNCA corporations that have not filed their annual returns in the last 3 years will be dissolved. Here are below some further approximately 235 names of corporations that have been dissolved. We have discussed this topic in multiple…
The following 208 corporations are slated for dissolution by Corporations Canada for non-filing of their annual return (Form 4022). Some of the groups may have subsequently done their filings and they may have been removed from the list. Some of the groups…
Over the last decade, we have provided to the public CRA letters relating to a number of Canadian registered charity revocations and other CRA sanctions, such as penalties and suspensions. These letters from CRA cover many different grounds for de-registration…
Here is our article How much did the largest Canadian private foundations spend in 2023?
Here is our article Largest Canadian Registered Charities by Employment Compensation 2023
Here is our note: Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from the Federal government in 2023?
Here is our note Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from Provincial Governments in 2023?
Here is our note Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from Municipal Governments in 2023?
Here is our note Which Canadian charities spent money on foreign activities in 2023 and how much did they spend?
On June 2, 2025, the Federal Court of Appeal released a decision in Jewish National Fund of Canada Inc. v. Canada (National Revenue) (2025 FCA 110) (PDF version). JNF Canada had gone to the Federal Court with an application for…
In 2015, almost ten years ago, a charity in the UK called Kids Company was shut down. It was covered heavily by the media. The Charity Commission of England and Wales subsequently published an Inquiry Report in 2022, which found…
The CRA has announced they are doing a new webinar on “Completing your T3010 online: A walkthrough for charities”. It will be free, one hour long and helpful for Canadian registered charities. There are English webinars on June 17 and…
Ellin Bessner of the Canadian Jewish News recently wrote an article Federal Court of Appeal hears JNF Canada’s second attempt to fight losing its charitable status which updates the confusing legacy of JNF Canada and its revocation in 2024. Definitely…
The CharityData.ca website has been updated so that searches are based on the 2023 CRA list of charities (which is now complete) and we are adding some 2024 data that was recently sent by CRA. The 2024 data is arriving…
CPATA, the Canadian Regulator of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents, is warning the public in its May newsletter again about questionable trademark emails circulating. We have touched upon this issue before in this blog on November 14, 2024. CPATA is…
Corporations Canada recently launched a new assistance tool to help corporations under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”) determine if they are considered soliciting or non-soliciting. A corporation is considered soliciting when it has received more than $10,000 in income…
Charities have valuable assets, including real estate, facilities and platform Charities need to be careful to ensure that those facilities are not improperly used. The Charity Commission of England and Wales has issued an order to a charity in the…
We recently reviewed the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return database for 2023 as part of the Sean Blumberg Transparency Project. The database covers about 83,540 of the approximately 86,000 registered charities in Canada that had filed their T3010 and were…
Here is the Blumbergs’ Snapshot of the Ontario Charity Sector 2023. Some of the highlights of the Blumbergs’ Snapshot of the Ontario Charity Sector 2023 include: 30,426 Registered Charities in the Database Ontario registered charities filed their T3010 out of…