Over the last decade, we have provided to the public CRA letters relating to a number of Canadian registered charity revocations. These letters from CRA cover many different grounds for de-registration. Some relate to relatively minor matters such as an…
Corporations Canada has changed their database such that when you are ordering documents from Corporations Canada on a Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”) corporation, you can order financial statements in addition to other governance and filings of CNCA corporations. Here…
We have blogged about the Canadian Soccer Association and its failure to do its correct filings here Canadian Soccer Association not filing financial statements with Corporations Canada as required by the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”). Now six weeks after…
Here is our article 2023 Canadian Federal Budget and its impact on the Canadian charitable sector. Today, Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland introduced Budget 2023—A Made-in-Canada Plan: Strong Middle Class, Affordable Economy, Healthy Future for the Liberal Government of Justin…
Corporations Canada will begin issuing to Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”) non-profit corporations Notices of Intent to Dissolve if the CNCA non-profit corporations have not filed their corporate Form 4022 – Annual Return (“Annual Return’) in three years in a…
We recently reviewed: How much did the largest Canadian private foundations spend in 2021 on charitable activities or gifts to qualified donees according to their T3010 filings. We also noted the amount expended on charitable activities and gifts to qualified donees…
Here is our note: Which Canadian charities spent money on foreign activities in 2021 and how much did they spend? Canadian registered charities spent over $3.8 billion on direct foreign activities (not including gifts to qualified donees), and in this note…
In our article, Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from the Federal government in 2021?, we provide a list of Canadian registered charities that received the greatest amount from the Federal government.
In the article, Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from Provincial Governments in 2021, we provide a list of Canadian registered charities that received the greatest amount from the various provincial governments in Canada.
In the article, Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from Municipal Governments in 2021?, we provide a list of Canadian registered charities that received the greatest amount from the various municipal government.
According to the T3010 data, over 3.5 million Canadians work full-time and over 3.3 million work part-time for Canadian registered charities. It is not clear if these numbers are accurate but what is clear is that charities have lots of…
Here is our article Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to all other Qualified Donees in 2021. The article lists the 1,000 largest gifts from registered charities to other qualified donees in 2021.
[Update: Every year I make some comments on Statistics Canada’s release of tax data. While in this note, I will discuss their normal release, we have also posted some custom data that we have received from Statistics Canada that are…
Here is the Blumbergs Snapshot of the Ontario Charity Sector 2021. We recently reviewed the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return database for 2021 as part of the Sean Blumberg Transparency Project. The database covers about 30,354 of the approximately 86,000…
Here is the Blumbergs Canadian Charity Sector Snapshot 2021. We recently reviewed the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return database for 2021 as part of the Sean Blumberg Transparency Project. The database covers about 83,771 of the approximately 86,000 registered charities…
Many Canadian charities have been quite adept at using social media. It provides an opportunity for them to publicize their cause, fundraise and connect with people. It generally also has quite a low cost. Twitter has increasingly become a problematic…
The US government has proposed a change to how grants from a private foundation to a DAF are treated. Here is the summary of what is being proposed: The proposal would clarify that a distribution by a private foundation to…
Today, the Federal government introduced a new Bill C-41, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. This bill would make a change to the Criminal code and its anti-terrorism provisions and if an…
Just read this article from the Globe and Mail entitled “Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation returning donation with link to China“. The first paragraph states: A non-profit foundation dedicated to the memory of Pierre Elliott Trudeau is returning a large financial…
In 2022, some of those responsible for the convoy protest/insurrection in Ottawa set up a Federal corporation called Freedom 2022 Human Rights and Freedoms last year. We discussed this here and here. I don’t offer branding advice, but it is…
The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed a request by Human Concern International to postpone the suspension that CRA had imposed upon them. Then Human Concern International made a leave to appeal application to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court…
A recent Vox Article, “Why is there so much secrecy in philanthropy? Annual top donor lists don’t always include the top donors. A philanthropy expert explains why,” has an interesting discussion of major philanthropy (perhaps more mega-philanthropy) and the lack of…
Canada has a unique and generous system to help foreign universities fundraise in Canada. Unfortunately, most foreign universities are not aware of this system. Here is our article on Foreign Universities Applying to be Registered Universities outside Canada: What we…
Here is our article Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to all other Qualified Donees in 2020. The article lists the 1,000 largest gifts from registered charities to other qualified donees in 2020.