In our article, Largest Grants from Canadian Registered Charities to Grantees (Non-Qualified Donees) in 2023, we provide a list of the 500 largest grants under the new grant to grantee system. In 2023, Canadian registered charities made a total of…
I was recently interviewed by Mary Gooderham from Canadian Family Offices on private foundations in Canada. The article is a mix of issues relating to private foundations and some of my personal background. Here is the article: Private foundations are…
In our article “Ontario rules for compensation of certain directors of Ontario charities or registered charities 2025” we discuss the Ontario rules for Ontario charities and registered charities in Ontario relating to compensation of directors and those related to directors.
Here is the Leads Screening Procedures for the Compliance Division of the Charities Directorate. As you can see, it is heavily redacted, although it gives some useful information on how the Charities Directorate deals with leads.
About 10,000 CNCA corporations that have not filed their annual returns in the last 3 years will be dissolved. Below are some further approximately 336 names of corporations that have been dissolved. We have discussed this topic in multiple previous…
The following 213 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…
The Federal Government has released draft legislation today to “enhance the reporting requirements for non-profit organizations to improve transparency in the sector”, Initially, this will be for consultation purposes. This was previously announced in the 2024 Fall Economic Statement. Although…
The Ontario Business Registry (OBR), introduced in 2019, moved Ontario from a microfiche-based corporate system to a modern database system. Admittedly, the initial rollout was not great, and there have been many improvements to the system. There are many more…
If you think that you are a registered charity, you might want to double-check on the CRA’s Charities Listing and also check the “Details Page” to ensure that your address is still correct. Here is an article by Bethany Lindsay…
Here are two further warnings by the Charity Commission of England and Wales about problematic charity social media use. I have no reason to believe that CRA would necessarily take a different position, and therefore Canadian charities should pay close…
Here is an updated Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Legal Checklist. It is a checklist for Canadian registered charities to assist them with managing compliance issues. We use it as part of our informal risk reviews for registered charities. It focuses on top…
Here is the Blumbergs’ Pre-Budget Submission for the 2025 Canadian Federal Budget. For those who have been following our law firm’s submissions over the last ten or more years, they have focused on transparency and accountability in the non-profit and charity…
After almost three decades of dealing with governance for Canadian registered charities and non-profits and their directors, Mark Blumberg has now created a course to help non-profits and charities understand governance. We hope that you find it helpful. Here is a…
On July 16, the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying Canada released a new bulletin, interpreting (or, re-interpreting) the in-house lobbying registration threshold under section 7(1)(b) of the Lobbying Act (Canada). This quiet, yet substantial, change will have a significant…
If you want a basic list of all current Canadian registered charities, you can download it from the CRA website. This is useful for groups, such as those who want to incorporate a drop-down menu of registered charities into their…
Here are some of the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) decisions that relate to registered charities and RCAAAs: Jewish National Fund of Canada Inc. v. Canada (National Revenue) – 2025 FCA 114 – 2025-06-10 [PDF] Jewish National Fund of Canada Inc. v.…
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?