In the article, Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from Provincial Governments in 2020?, 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 2020?, we provide a list of Canadian registered charities that received the greatest amount from the various municipal government.
In our article, Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from the Federal government in 2020?, we provide a list of Canadian registered charities that received the greatest amount from the Federal government.
I just took a look at the Corporations Canada corporate profile for the Canadian Soccer Association. (PDF for Canadian Soccer Association corporate profile report) The Canadian Soccer Association is not filing financial statements with Corporations Canada as required by the…
If you are a Federal non-profit corporation under the CNCA, then you can search your organization’s corporate profile at Search for A Federal Corporation. It will show you what documents have been filed with Corporations Canada. At the same place,…
So far, there is nothing too definitive from the CRA on their approach to the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (“ONCA”) and changes that will be made to governing documents to bring Ontario non-profit corporations into alignment with ONCA. Unlike the…
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…
I have learnt that one sometimes needs patience when dealing with the Federal government. For example, when you put in an ATIP request, they have 30 days to respond. Thirty days may seem like a long time, but I got…
Here is our note: Which Canadian charities spent money on foreign activities in 2020 and how much did they spend? Canadian registered charities spent over $4 billion on direct foreign activities (not including gifts to qualified donees), and in this…
CRA continues to encourage Canadian registered charities to sign up for the CRA’s My Business Account or MyBA. CRA has made a number of attempts to provide instructions to charities on how to register for the MyBA system. It will…
The CBC recently had a report, “Manitoba investors, 2 charities, out over $1M after being misled into investing in Bolivian bank“. The media does not cover investments of charities that much, so it was interesting. Charities have assets of around…
The many failures of governance and compliance with Hockey Canada has raised the profile of transparency and accountability in the non-profit and charity sector. The Sprott Business School has put out further reports that some may find interesting. Brouard, F.,…
The CBC recently covered the issue of fundraising costs by Canadian charities in an article “For every dollar donated to CNIB’s ‘urgent’ guide dog campaign, it spends 52 cents on fundraising“. If you want to read CRA’s guidance on fundraising,…
There are many questions and issues with the new qualifying disbursement and anti-avoidance rules. One of those questions related to reporting and the T3010. CRA has put out a note today on this. We are generally suggesting to organizations to…
The new Qualifying Disbursement rules will give some charities (with certain objects) some more flexibility when dealing with non-qualified donees in Canada and outside of Canada. At the same time, the anti-avoidance provision passed at the same time will make…
I am delighted to be doing my third webinar for Blackbaud’s True North Webinar Series. Here are the details: Compliance and Receipting for Canadian Charities Thursday, January 26 at 1:00 p.m. ET Legal compliance is important for all Canadian organizations.…
The Canadian charity and non-profit sectors are an important part of the Canadian economy and have a huge impact on the lives of Canadians. With the registered charity sector (approximately 86,000 organizations), the public has relatively up-to-date and detailed information.…
The list of municipal or public bodies performing a function of government in Canada registered as qualified donees has now increased to 555 entities. These groups, which are largely Indigenous bands but also other organizations, can issue official donation receipts…
We recently reviewed for 2018, 2019 and 2020 how much the largest 500 Canadian private foundations spent on charitable activities or gifts to qualified donees according to their T3010 filings. We also noted the amount expended on charitable activities and…
As many know, there were changes to the disbursement quota announced/proposed in the April 7, 2022, Federal Budget. Finance released draft changes on August 9, 2022, which showed that they were basically increasing the DQ from 3.5% on assets over…
As we have noted before in our blog on November 28, 2022, entitled Statement by the Canada’s Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson on CRA examination will be significantly hindered by the confidentiality provisions of the ITA relating to charities, Canada’s Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson will…
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…
The Charities Directorate of CRA has released draft guidance for “Registered charities making grants to non-qualified donees“. (PDF) The CRA is requesting public feedback on the guidance by January 31, 2023. This guidance relates to the Federal Budget 2022 and…
Here is the Blumbergs Snapshot of the Charity Sector in Ontario 2020. We recently reviewed the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return database for 2020 as part of the Sean Blumberg Transparency Project. The database covers about 30,540 of the…