The National Post had a recent article on the “Canadian Jewish charity stripped of status fights CRA over potential multi-million dollar tax bill“. In this article, journalist Ari Blaff discusses an unusual move by the CRA in the Federal Court…
We have blogged before about flow-through donation tax schemes and Gabe Oatley has written an extensive article on the topic entitled “How Canadian mining exploration companies get millions from charitable donations tax loophole” This article was collaboration between Future of…
Prime Minister Carney is expected to announce a Federal election that will be held on April 28, 2025. It is important that Canadian non-profits and registered charities are aware of what is going on politically in Canada and also engage…
One of most important benefits of being a registered charity is the ability to receive gifts and to issue official donation receipts. CRA is having a webinar on the topic, and it is probably worth attending. If you want a…
Mark Blumberg will be joining a number of speakers on March 25, 2025 for an upcoming Walrus Talks dealing with the topic of Public Education and Philanthropy in Canada. Here is more information on the virtual event and it is…
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 1777 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…
Huge cuts in funding in the US were the topic for a recent Globe and Mail article, U.S. research funding cuts change landscape for Canadian universities, researchers The Globe and Mail article notes: The Trump administration’s decision to cut…
Earlier this week, the National Post published an article, entitled “Diaspora groups call on Canada to activate foreign agent registry ahead of federal election.” The article outlined diaspora groups’ displeasure with the indeterminate timeline for rolling out the foreign influence…
We recently wrote to the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement to ask them why for example articles of amendments with no problems were taking about 3 months to be returned after they were filed. The Ministry…
The Toronto Star recently had an article, “Law Society of Ontario hires retired senior judge to investigate CEO’s new, near-$1-million contract,” and it is well worth reading. This will be a learning moment for the LSO as well as other…
Today, CBC News had an article, “In appeal to Muslims, Freeland pledges to scrap controversial CRA division“. Freeland is promising that if she becomes Prime Minister she will scrap the Research and Analysis Division (RAD) of the Charities Directorate. Meanwhile,…
Canada announced today the addition of 7 criminal organizations to its list of designated terrorist organizations. Canadian charities want to take even greater precautions not to directly or indirectly support any of these organizations. Although this was a concession to…
I recently saw this article, “Region of Peel files $4M lawsuit alleging a former employee defrauded program meant to prevent homelessness & poverty“. This article emphasizes the importance of having effective internal controls. Here are some really good resources…
The CRA has improved the availability of T3010 data on the Open Government website. You can get T3010 data sets from 2009 – 2022. Also, here is a CRA open data – data dictionary for T3010, which you might find…
The disbursement quota (DQ) is the minimum amount a registered charity is required to spend each year on its own charitable activities, on gifts to qualified donees (for example, other registered charities) or on grants to grantees. The disbursement quota…
Register Here. Trump’s recent announcement of freezes of US foreign aid and today’s freezing of Federal funding for programs in the US is very ominous, to say the least. On November 9, 2024, I wrote an article entitled Will the…
CRA has given a webinar on “Rules for charities making grants to grantees (non-qualified donees)”. Here is the slide deck from CRA Rules for charities making grants to grantees (non-qualified donees).
Canadian charities are not allowed to be involved with supporting a foreign military. Recently, the Charity Commission of England and Wales issued a warning to an English charity on this point. We have blogged previously about the importance of Canadian…
The Charity Commission of England and Wales is conducting a survey on terrorism. The consultation closes on January 31, 2025. Here is information from the Charity Commission: Open consultation Understanding the risks non-profit organisations face from terrorist financing schemes…
The Government of Canada released today draft legislation to extend the 2024 charitable donations deadline to February 28, 2025. The government will introduce the draft legislation in Parliament at some point but at least the draft is available. Finance will…
Yesterday Caitlin Lee and Mark Blumberg delivered a presentation Finance donation extension proposal and its impact on Canadian charities – what do we know – for participants. Here is the slide deck. Looking forward to hearing further information from CRA…
ONCA came into force in October 2021. Ontario non-profits have had over 3 years to bring their articles and by-laws into compliance. Many Ontario non-profits were slow in making the changes and now there seems to be a backlog at…
An article appeared in the Globe and Mail today by Rudy Mezzetta entitled “Prorogued Parliament complicates extension to charitable donation deadline”. In the article, it notes: The federal government’s proposal to extend the charitable donation deadline to Feb. 28…