The List of foreign charities that have received a gift from Her Majesty in right of Canada has now 5 foreign charities listed. Here is the list: Keep in mind that the placement on the list is only for two…
CRA recently updated their page dealing with Penalties and suspensions. The big changes appear to be a whole section on penalties and suspension for registered journalism organizations – of which there are none currently! Also, they updated the language relating…
The list of municipal or public bodies performing a function of government in Canada registered as qualified donees has grown to 462. It is predominantly indigenous bands but also has some other groups such as school boards. Here is the…
Canadian registered charities now have more options when it comes to filing their T3010 for 2019. The form can be filed electronically through the CHAMP system (since June 1, 2019) or a registered charity can still file using the paper…
I recently looked at a couple of ATIP documents from the Charities Directorate and I was quite surprised at the decline in the number of charity applications that CRA is accepting. These statistics go back to 2000. What we see…
Here is our article “Some initial issues for a new Canadian grantmaking foundation“. Hopefully, it will provide some ideas as to issues that new (and perhaps existing) foundations should be considering. Also, here is our more comprehensive Canadian Charity Legal…
On January 7, 2020, I got another update from the Ontario government on ONCA. I warn you for those who read my blogs that the update does not really update anything but here it goes …. Sent on behalf…
Mark Blumberg will be speaking on top compliance issues and transparency with investments at the 17th Annual Foundation, Endowment and Not for Profit Investment Summit (January 22-23, 2020) 4:25 PM (January 22) Navigating the Top Compliance Issues Facing Canadian Foundations…
We all see from the media the terrible wildfires in Australia. Some Canadian donors or charities have wanted to assist with the relief and recovery efforts as well as research and prevention. Here are a few thoughts specific to the…
The Wall Street Journal on January 8, 2020 in an opinion piece entitled “The War on Philanthropy: Private giving achieves what government can’t—which is why authoritarians hate it” basically provides an unabashed defence of philanthropy and response to those who…
Here are the CRA letters from a number of recent Canadian registered charity revocations. These letters from CRA cover many different grounds for de-registration. Some relate to relatively minor matters such as an organization being inactive for many years, to…
Here is our article Corporations Canada Launches Changes to Fees and Service Standard Times and New Express Services Today. There is some very exciting news in that article.
The Washington Post recently had an article entitled “Mormon Church has misled members on $100 billion tax-exempt investment fund, whistleblower alleges” The Washington Post article notes: A former investment manager alleges in a whistleblower complaint to the Internal Revenue Service…
There was recently an article in VOX entitled “Google’s Larry Page gave $400 million in Christmas donations. Not a penny went straight to charity. How Silicon Valley billionaires skirt charity rules each holiday season.” The article discusses how Larry Page…
Donor Advised Funds are registered charities in Canada that allow a donor to donate to the charity but the donor retains the ability to recommend which registered charities or qualified donees will receive the funds. Donor Advised Funds or DAFs…
Although it is not news many Canadian charities would be surprised that CRA is not prepared to disclose which charities received funds from countries listed as supporters of terrorism, namely Syria and Iran. This is perhaps not the most important…
It is now the giving season. We will hear lots from charities on Giving Tuesday and perhaps you will be inundated with too many emails on Giving Tuesday from charities that you rarely hear from! The media will be full…
There are a couple of important qualified donee categories that have increased in size – first the “List of municipal or public bodies performing a function of government in Canada registered as qualified donees” which is largely aboriginal bands and…
The CRA has released recently the 2019 version C of its T3010 Registered Charity Information Return. The major changes deal with replacing political activities with “public policy dialogue and development activities” (PPDDAs). As a result of Finance’s 2018 changes CRA no…
Since February 2019 there has not been any update from the Ontario government about ONCA coming into force. As we have noted before the Ontario government is no longer referring to ONCA coming into force in early 2020. A few months…
Here is an Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) request made of Global Affairs Canada in 2018 relating to “List of all Canadian non-profit organization (NGOs) and charities that applied for international development funding and were successful from Jan 1, 2011…
Press Progress has written an article entitled Right-Wing Media Outlet Accredited For Leaders’ Debate is Also Registered as a Charity for Immigrants. It is worth reading. It is nice to see more media outlets using the T3010 information and also www.CharityData.ca as well…
CRA is now sending out reminders to registered charities to file their T3010s on time. These reminders are going out roughly 3 months before the charity’s T3010 due date. Here is a redacted copy of the notice. These reminders are…
We are pleased to launch our Blumbergs Canadian Charity Sector Snapshot 2017 with information on the Canadian registered charity sector for 2017. 2017 is the last year that there is currently full data available.