Blumbergs Professional Corporation is involved with many charity applications each year. In this series, CRA Charity Application Graveyard, we aim to provide groups considering charitable status applications with insights into common issues the CRA encounters, based on our analysis of…
As a law firm, we spend quite a bit of time dealing with by-laws, and a by-law can be important for a non-profit or registered charity. However, for registered charities, the by-law is by no means the most important document…
The Charity Commission of England and Wales put out a press release, “Regulator issues Official Warning to charity over video containing distressing content: UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel’s Soldiers issued with an Official Warning over…
In Bridgewater v. Stockey, 2024 ONSC 6165, there was a bequest in a will that read “I leave to Guide Dogs of Canada the balance of my estate after all liabilities have been settled.” Needless to say, there is no…
Recently, the Liberal Government has introduced BILL C-2: An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of the border between Canada and the United States and respecting other related security measures. Some, like the CCCC, have expressed concerns as to how…
I used to think that when it came to registered charities, there were two types of anonymous donors. The first was an individual who really valued their privacy and did not want anyone to know that they had made the…
Here is another order in the matter of Jewish National Fund of Canada Inc. v. Canada (National Revenue) (2025 FCA 114). You can read the order. It relates to various technical issues on a motion from JNF Canada. JNF Canada…
The Charity Commission of England and Wales is concerned that about 100 charities have been writing cheques to “cash”. From an internal control perspective, this makes it hard to know who is receiving such funds and should either never be…
As we recently noted, most people search the CRA’s Charities Listing and see the name of the registered charity. That is actually the “Account Name” that is appearing on the Charities Listing. There is also a “Legal Name” that CRA…
The Charities Directorate of CRA is encouraging Canadian registered charities to “Take action during Charity Fraud Awareness Week”. This is a UK initiative, but the CRA works with other charity regulators as part of the International Charity Regulators group. CRA…
CRA advised on November 9, 2023, that there will be a new T3010 form for those filing on or after December 31, 2023. The form will be called T3010 version 24. We have updated the CharityData.ca website to include more…
If you went to an arts conference and someone said Monet, Picasso and Michael Jackson are all the same – they are R&B musicians, you would probably want to move away from that person quickly! Unfortunately, this level of flawed…