The Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans in their final report calls for changes to the ITA to deal with revocation of registered charities that promote “misinformation and/or disinformation about the seal harvest or seal products industry “. It…
A recent Ottawa Citizen article, “Renfrew hospital quietly transferring $9.6 million to not-for-profit sparks investigation” it discusses transfers of funds from a charity to a non-profit and discusses various concerns about the arrangement. The article raises a number of questions,…
Jewish National Fund of Canada is a Canadian registered charity. They advised today that the CRA has decided to revoke their registered charity status and they were appealing to the Federal Court of Appeal. None of the CRA letters have…
As we have said many times it is a good idea for charities to get on the CRA MyBA system so that amongst many benefits the charity can file their T3010 online. Some charities are still filing their T3010 on…
We have discussed before how Mr. Justice Markus Koehnen dismissed the Muslim Association of Canada’s lawsuit against the Canada Revenue Agency previously: Ontario judge dismisses case by Muslim Association of Canada which had challenged the CRA’s audit of that organization…
Here are 4 new research notes from Carleton University regarding the four heads of charity of Canadian registered charities: Brouard, F., Litalien, M. (2024). Canadian Registered Charities Analysis – An examination of entities aiming for ‘Other purpose beneficial to the…
We have written a number of articles about how Corporations Canada is in the process of dissolving about 10,000 Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”) corporations because they have not filed the last 3 years Annual Return. Now, Corporations Canada has…
Here is our article Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to all other Qualified Donees in 2022. The article lists the 1,000 largest gifts from registered charities to other qualified donees in 2022.
CRA is reminding Canadian registered charities with a December 31 year-end that the filing deadline for the T3010 is June 30, 2024. They also note the importance of registered charities filing the correct version of the T3010, namely, Version 24. …
We recently reviewed the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return database for 2022 as part of the Sean Blumberg Transparency Project. The database covers about 83,972 of the approximately 86,000 registered charities in Canada that had filed their T3010 and were…
We recently reviewed: How much did the largest Canadian private foundations spend in 2022 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…
According to the T3010 data, over 3 million Canadians work full-time and over 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…
In the article, Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from the Federal government in 2022?, we provide a list of Canadian registered charities that received the greatest amount of funds from the Canadian Federal government in their 2022 fiscal year.…
In the article, Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from Provincial Governments in 2022?, 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 2022?, we provide a list of Canadian registered charities that received the greatest amount from the municipal governments in Canada.
Here is our note: Which Canadian charities spent money on foreign activities in 2022 and how much did they spend? Canadian registered charities spent over $4.6 billion in 2022 (3.8B in 2021) on direct foreign activities (not including gifts to qualified…
Today the Federal government released information on the new authorization regime and information on the humanitarian exception for activities in areas controlled by terrorist groups. About a year ago, Bill C-41 was passed. We have discussed that Bill elsewhere, but…
The Urban Institute publishes a Legal Compendium that provides information on US state regulation of charitable entities and fundraisers. It is a fascinating spreadsheet because it covers the state-level regulation of US charities in the complicated US system. Here is…
I recently saw from the Federal government an Alphabetical list of Private Acts — Religious And Charitable Organizations. I thought that is an interesting list if you are trying to understand the governance requirements of these groups. Here is the…
According to the CRA website there are now 3 organizations that are on a list of currently registered foreign charities. These groups are qualified donees during the period that they are listed. They are: Aga Khan Foundation Council for…
The 2024 Federal Budget discussed how the CRA will no longer need to publish a Notice of Intention to Revoke a Charity’s Registration in the Canada Gazette but only put the notice up on the CRA website. Here is a…
I was just looking at an internal Charities Directorate letter that is part of an ATIP disclosure. It deals with suggestions for the Charities Directorate to do research, and one of the topics is disinformation. Also a suggestion on dealing…
Here is the Blumbergs’ Snapshot of the Manitoba Charity Sector 2022. Some of the highlights of the Blumbergs’ Snapshot of the Manitoba Charity Sector 2022 include: 4,595 Manitoba registered charities filed their T3010 out of approximately 86,000 charities in Canada…
Here is a document from the Charities Directorate of CRA prepared for a webinar but it sets out quite clearly the CRA’s approach to answering questions on generic and controversial issues such as crisis pregnancy centres, terrorism, Muslim charities and…