In the Cup Trust case there was an abusive scheme run by a charity and controlled by a trustee, Mountstar. The Mountstar trustee was replaced by an interim manager appointed to take over the affairs of the charity. The interim manager…
The Charity Commission of England and Wales recently put out a notice entitled Charities encouraged to take part in Financial Action Task Force consultation on protecting charities against terrorist abuse. As the Charity Commission noted “The Financial Action Task Force (FATF)…
The Hillborn Charity eNews just published the first part of our article Top fallacies about private foundations in Canada. It discusses numerous incorrect preconceptions that people have about private foundations.
The Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Law Institute 2016 will be held on Friday October 28, 2016 at Oakham House in Toronto. Agenda and registration information to follow.
The Department of Finance has released the “Notice of Ways and Means Motion to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2016 and other measures and Explanatory Notes“. Of particular interest to some within the…
I recently reviewed the CRA Charities Listing. It appears that 62 charities have been revoked by CRA over the past 4 years purely because they had been dissolved under their corporate legislation. The search is for “Revoked – Other” on the…
The Chronicle of Philanthropy had an article entitled “Fewer Groups Got Charity Status in 2015, but Numbers Still High“. It notes a slight reduction in 501(c)3 tax-exempt applications in 2015 of only 86,915. This was in part because of a controversial move…
The Canadian Press has an article by Jim Bronskill entitled “Tax agency gives senators information on groups that lost charitable status“. It focuses on the issue of terrorism and the extent to which the CRA can divulge to parliamentarians information…
I will be presenting to the Ontario Hospital Association's Strengthening Foundation Governance: Current Issues, Challenges and Solutions on Friday May 13, 2016. My topic will be: Managing Compliance Risks for Foundations • Top compliance concerns for foundations • Legal and standards…
We have just released the Blumbergs' Snapshot of the Canadian Charity Sector 2014 as part of the Sean Blumberg Transparency Project. This is the fifth snapshot provided by Blumbergs of the Canadian charity sector. The database covers about 84,500 of the 86,000 registered…
We recently contacted Corporations Canada regarding the updated statistics on continuances and dissolutions under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (‘CNCA’). Apparently in March there has been an increasing number of entities that have transitioned to the CNCA. Here are the current figures:…
Brad Offman and Mark Blumberg will be presenting at the NATOA Indigenous Trust and Investment Conference on May 31, 2016 on the topic of “Philanthropy and Charitable Status for First Nations”. Here is information on the NATOA Indigenous Trust and Investment Conference.…
In June 2014, which is almost 2 years ago, I put in a request to CRA to receive a copy of certain information on the Non-Profit Organization Risk Identification Project (NPORIP). On April 11, 2016, I received over 220 pages of documents…
The CRA provides numerous reminders to charities to file the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return. There used to be 2000 Canadian charities that did not file their T3010 and were revoked for non-filing. As a result of the vigilant system CRA…
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal from the Opportunities for the Disabled Foundation v. The Queen (FCA). Here is a PDF copy of the Federal Court of Appeal decision in Opportunities for the Disabled Foundation v. The Queen.
Many non-profits and charities are not aware of the charitable fundraising regulations in Alberta. If a non-profit or charity is fundraising in Alberta and meets specific criteria under the Charitable Fundraising Act (the 'Act'), it may need to be registered. Generally,…
The new B.C. Societies Act (which is anticipated to come into force in November of 2016 and is replacing the old B.C. Society Act) has new requirements with respect to the registration of extra-provincial non-profit corporations. Under the previous legislation, extra-provincial registration was optional, however…
[Update – if you are interested in T3010 information on Canadian registered charities check out www.charitydata.ca] Imagine Canada has recently noted that their website www.charityfocus.ca will be shut down. Here is the short notice “As of April 8, 2016, Imagine Canada will…
Here is a list of the Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to all other Qualified Donees – 2011.
Here is a list of the Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to all other Qualified Donees – 2012.
Here is a list of the Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to all other Qualified Donees – 2013.
Here is a list of the Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to all other Qualified Donees – 2014
Here is a list of the Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to Foreign Qualified Donees for 2014. The list contains gifts of approximately $254 million. This is in addition to over $3.1 billion listed in our recent article Which Canadian charities spent…
Canadian registered charities received total revenue from the Canadian Federal governmen of about $6.8 Billion in 2014 which is the latest year for which complete statistics are available. Here is the list of Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from Canadian Federal…