The CRA has included a lengthy privacy statement in its T3010 after the certification and before the “checklist”. This was not included in the 2016 return. Hidden and barely noticeable within the text is “Incomplete or inaccurate information may result in…
The Ontario Government is looking at adding a regulation to the Charities Accounting Act that would allow in certain circumstances compensation for directors without specific legislation or court order. “The regulation would authorize incorporated charities to pay their directors and…
There were supposed to be 2 important changes taking place on July 1, 2017 with Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL). The first was a new “private right of action” for individuals to sue businesses and charities if they received commercial electronic…
Mark will be presenting to the AFP GTA Congress on November 20-22, 2017 on “T3010 and Transparency in the Charitable Sector”. The full description will be: “T3010 and Transparency in the Charitable Sector” Every year Canadian registered charities must file…
In this note Which Canadian charities had the highest expenditures in 2015? we list Canadian registered charities that spent over $10 million and how much they spent as reported for the 2015 fiscal year.The total expenditures of all the 84,442 registered…
The Canadian Charity Law Association (CCLA) is pleased to present: Charities, Regulation and Donors – some international perspectives on June 22, 2017 at 8:30AM in Toronto. The 1/2 day program will cover 4 thought provoking topics (see bios below) and…
In this article Some of the Canadian charities that spend the most on political activities? I have not only listed some of the Canadian charities that spent the most on political activities but also showed readers how they can find and sort the…
In this note Which Canadian charities had the biggest revenue in 2015? we cover the charities that received over $10 million in their 2015 fiscal year. The total revenue of the charity sector in 2015 was over $251 billion.
In this note Which Canadian charities had the largest assets in 2015? it identifies Canadian charities that had assets of over $10 million as identified for the 2015 fiscal year. The total assets identified are $397,833,310,726.00. This does not account for…
There are over 294,000 records of Canadian charities gifting to qualified donees in total (both within and outside of Canada). We reviewed the list and have compiled a list of gifts over $1.3 million to foreign qualified donees only for…
Here is a article “Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to other Qualified Donees for 2015” with a list of all gifts over $1,000,000 from the 2015 T3010 Registered Charity Information Returns from one registered charity to another qualified donee.
Here is an article entitled Total revenue received from all sources outside Canada by Canadian Registered Charities in 2015 which lists the Canadian charities that received the largest contributions from outside of Canada. The charity world is increasingly international…
In this note Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from the Canadian Federal government in 2015? we cover the Canadian charities that received over $100,000 from the Federal government in 2015. The Federal government provided approximately $6.8 billion to…
In this note Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from provincial or territorial governments in 2015? it covers charities that received the most revenue from either provincial or territorial government in Canada. The total amount received was over $150…
In this note Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from municipal or regional governments in 2015? we cover the Canadian registered charities who received over $1 million in revenue from municipal or regional governments as reported for their 2015…
The CRA has announced that it will make automated calls to Canadian registered charities to remind them to file their T3010 Registered Charity Information Return. That is a positive step in using technology to remind charities of their filing obligations.…
The recent decision of Ploughman v. The Queen, 2017 TCC 64 deals with a “third-party civil penalty” against Mr. Ploughman for his involvement in what CRA refers to as “abusive charity gifting tax shelter” but this decision refers to as…
There seems to still be interest in the topic of charities and political activities! My prayers that we focus on more important issues have not been answered. I get calls or emails every few days asking about it. It is…
We are pleased to announce the Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Law Institute 2017 will be on Monday October 16, 2017. Further details will follow. Registration and early bird information is here.
We have just released our Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Sector Snapshot 2015. Lots of interesting statistics and information on the Canadian charity sector. As well if you want information on individual charities or want to sort charities based on about 20 criteria checkout…
Kate Robertson and Mark Blumberg recently prepared Part 2 of the article series, Guidance for Professional Athletes considering Philanthropy in Canada. This article provides suggestions and tips for professional athletes (and their trusted advisors) with respect to estabishing and operating a successful Canadian registered…
The Ontario Hospital Association is having a conference entitled “Strengthening Foundation Governance: Current Issues, Challenges and Solutions“. I will be presenting on Charitable Giving, Transparency and Standards. There will be a number of other interesting presentations. Charitable Giving, Transparency and…
This recent article in The Guardian entitled Charity regulator to crack down on political advocacy after complaints discusses how the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) has cracked down on certain political activities by charities in Australia and how the ACNC is asking…
The Vancouver Sun is reporting that North Shore Rescue is suing the Search and Rescue Society of B.C. over allegations that the latter groups has been using the name of the North Shore Rescue to raise money. It will be interesting…