Here is a Pre-Budget Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance entitled “Canadians demand more transparency in non-profit and charitable sector” by Blumberg Segal LLP. For more information on transparency and the Canadian charitable sector see www.globalphilanthropy.ca…
The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of National Revenue, announced today contribution funding for seven new projects dealing with fundraising, transparency and false receipting under the Charities Partnership and Outreach Program (CPOP) of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). One of the…
If you are trying to understand how accountability, transparency and evaluation apply to your Canadian charity this document from One World Trust entitled Pathways to Accountability: A short guide to the GAP Framework may be very helpful. http://oneworldtrust.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=211&tmpl=component&format=raw&Itemid=55
This seminar in Kitchener looks very interesting and I will hopefully be able to make it. It is of the International Committee on Fundraising Organizations (ICFO). Transparency and Effectiveness in the Charitable Sector You and your leadership team are invited…
Here is an article by Andy Levy-Ajzenkopf in CharityVillage on Bill C-470 Here is my main note of Bill C-470
The Income Tax Act (Canada) sets tremendous limits on the ability of CRA to disclose information about Canadian charities. Essentially, the Income Tax Act in section 241 and its confidentiality provisions forbid CRA from disclosing any information about any registered…
Here is an interesting report from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on COMBATING THE ABUSE OF NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS International Best Practices from 2002. It highlights the importance of transparency in non-profit sectors and financial management in thwarting abuse of…
I am so excited and it is not that I am going away on vacation today for a week. The new T3010B Registered Charity Information Return, which is filed by Canadian charities for fiscal year ends beginning January 1, 2009…
Here is an OP ED piece by the finance director of Oxfam UK. There is also a response from the UK TaxPayers’ Alliance in the comments section. From The Times November 27, 2009 “Transparency and accountability are crucial for…
Here is a copy of the Annotated T3010B from CLIP. It will be updated periodically to include different information from different sources. The Charity Law Information Program (CLIP) is a project of Capacity Builders, funded by the Canada Revenue Agency.…
I recently read a short article by Adam Rothwell of Intelligent Giving in the UK. He argues that UK charities are not very transparent. I am not sure that the situation is any different here in Canada. In an article…
The CRA has just published a sample: T3010B, Registered Charity Information Return, with accompanying forms and financial statements. This will be very helpful to charities as the T3010B is a new form. Here is the note: Samples: T3010B, Registered…
If you are looking for a sample financial statement for a Canadian charity CRA has just published one of their website. Every Canadian charity in addition to filing the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return needs to file with that return…
CRA just advised that certain T3010 forms on their Charities and Giving Web site, have been improved so that they are now saveable in addition to being fillable. By downloading the fillable/saveable PDF version of the form charities can save…