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…
The Government of Canada announced on June 7, 2017 that it is “suspending the implementation of certain provisions in Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL) in response to broad-based concerns raised by businesses, charities and the not-for-profit sector.” These provisions were not yet in force…
The CRA has announced that it will make automated calls to Canadian registered charities to remind them to file their T3010 Registered Charity Information Return. That is a positive step in using technology to remind charities of their filing obligations.…
The Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”) which came into force in 2014 has generally been considered to be an excellent act to incorporate or continue non-profit corporations in Canada. Unlike the US where there are state non-profit acts, but…
The recent decision of Ploughman v. The Queen, 2017 TCC 64 deals with a “third-party civil penalty” against Mr. Ploughman for his involvement in what CRA refers to as “abusive charity gifting tax shelter” but this decision refers to as…
We have provided two letters recently released by the Canada Revenue Agency. The first letter from CRA discusses the income tax treatment of payments made by a church to a Syrian refugee family. The second letter from CRA discusses whether a registered charity can return…
I recently delivered a webinar to CharityVillage on Charitable Receipting: Do’s and don’ts for Canadian registered charities. If you are interested in seeing the slides or listening to the webinar you can do so at Charitable Receipting: Do’s and don’ts for Canadian…
There seems to still be interest in the topic of charities and political activities! My prayers that we focus on more important issues have not been answered. I get calls or emails every few days asking about it. It is…
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.
In a press release entitled “Minister Lebouthillier welcomes the Panel Report on the public consultations on charities and political activities” CRA noted the receipt of a report on charities and political activities. That report was reflective of the vast majority…
On May 25, 2017, I will be doing a free webinar for CharityVillage on Charitable Receipting Do's and Don'ts which will discuss receipting by Canadian registered charities.
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…
David Callahan, is the editor of Inside Philanthropy, and he is one the top progressive experts on philanthropy in the US. His article “Second Thoughts: Why I Changed My Mind About Philanthropy and Public Policy” has nothing to do with…
We have provided two letters recently released by the Canada Revenue Agency. The first letter from CRA discusses whether a donation to a fund maintained and controlled by a municipality constitutes a gift for income tax purposes. The second letter from…
Here is our article “Which Canadian charities spent money on foreign activities in 2015 and how much did they spend?”
On the CRA database it has become apparent that CRA has recently revoked the charitable status of two religious organizations that conduct significant foreign activities. We have put in a request to CRA for information on why they were revoked.…
Here is an article that I wrote for the Ontario Hospital Association entitled Seven Key Tasks of Hospital Foundation Boards.
Many people know that CRA has a publicly accessible database of Canadian registered charities. They may also be aware, that if you are in the database, you are registered charity. There are many benefits of being a registered charity including…
Carleton University has a Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (MPNL). They do some very interesting programs relating to the non-profit and charity sector. On April 28, 2017 they will be holding a one day program entitled The Future of Charity…