If you wish to retain our law firm to assist with your charity or non-profit in dealing with non-qualified donees either in Canada or abroad, you can contact us.
Here is an updated Canadian Charity Legal Checklist by Mark Blumberg. It is a checklist for Canadian registered charities to assist them with managing compliance issues. We use it as part of our informal risk reviews that we do for…
The Journalism and Written Media Independent Panel of Experts released a report that they had provided to the Federal government relating to the 2019 federal budget and the proposals on journalism. Here is a copy of the report. As well…
In December 2017, CRA introduced a new program, the Charities Education Program (“CEP”) which is aimed at helping charities comply with the requirements for Canadian registered charities. CRA said it aims to visit 500 charities a year with this program. The…
The Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp will be held again on Monday April 8, 2019. This is a one-day boot camp on compliance and standards issues for Canadian registered charities. You can register for the program here. This one-day workshop…
We have created a course entitled “Should We Establish a Canadian Social Enterprise, Non-Profit or Charity and How to Do It?”. The course is $149 and you can register at https://charity-law.teachable.com/ Here is an overview of the course: Should We…
Here is the new Canadian Charity Legal Checklist. For those who are interested in reviewing legal compliance for their registered charity they may find the checklist helpful.
Understanding legal compliance for registered charities is not easy but Blumbergs is offering exciting new upcoming events in 2018 that will help. Fundamentals of the T3010 and Transparency for Canadian charities On Friday June 1, 2018, Blumbergs’ will be holding a…
Here is our note “Common Paragraphs for an Administrative Fairness Letter from the Charities Directorate of CRA“. It contains explanations of common concerns that CRA may find during an audit that, unless appropriately addressed, may result in various penalties, sanctions or…
Here is a new checklist from Blumbergs that will assist Canadian registered charities either interested or currently conducting foreign activities. It is called Canadian Charity Foreign Activity Legal Checklist – Working with Foreign Charities or Intermediaries 2017. Some other resources that…
The Charity Commission of England and Wales has released a guidance Grant funding an organisation that isn’t a charity. It sets certain standards when an English charity provides a grant to a group that is not a charity such as a…
The Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) have released today a booklet entitled 20 Questions Directors of Not-for-Profit Organizations Should Ask about Mergers. It is located on this CPA Canada page. It is written by Andrea Cohen Barrack, CEO of the Ontario…
In the Cup Trust case there was an abusive scheme run by a charity and controlled by a trustee, Mountstar. The Mountstar trustee was replaced by an interim manager appointed to take over the affairs of the charity. The interim manager…
Here is an agenda for the Blumbergs' Charity Law Institute 2015. You can register here.
Here are the CRA letters from a number of recent Canadian registered charity revocations, annulments and penalties. These letters from CRA cover many different grounds for de-registration or the imposition of penalties. For a number of years we have been…
Here is an updated version of the Canadian Charity Legal Checklist. For those who are interested in reviewing legal compliance for their registered charity they may find the checklist helpful.
We are looking forward to presenting the Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp 2015 on April 14, 2015. For information or to register see: Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp 2015
The CRA put a reminder on their website today “Does your organization make its resources available to, or work with a municipal or public body performing a function of government in Canada, such as a First Nation? The December 31,…
CRA has recently revoked the Christian Economic Assistance Foundation as a registered charity. The charity had been previously covered by the National Post in a story entitled “Parents could face massive bills after CRA accuses Christian schools charity program of…
The CRA has just released its new process for recognizing “municipal or public bodies performing a function of government in Canada”. Here is a PDF OF THE ARTICLE This will be of particular interest to Aboriginal bands, school boards and…
[Update – We are delighted to have over 65 people/organizations attend the webinar “Successfully Funding First Nations Communities in Canada in Compliance with CRA Guidance” Here is an archived version of the presentation: https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=8543797&act=pb&rKey=7ae8d62d96563d62 Also here is a shortlink…
What is Canadian registered Charity’s “Own Activities” when using an intermediary? In CRA’s Guidance “Using an Intermediary to Carry out a Charity’s Activities within Canada” it notes: “1.1. Own activities A charity usually carries on its activities using its staff…
The CRA expects that Canadian charities using intermediaries in Canada such as non-profits that are not charities or business will maintain direction and control over their resources. What is “direction and control”? In CRA’s Guidance “Using an Intermediary to Carry…
The purpose of the Guidance “Using an Intermediary to Carry out a Charity’s Activities within Canada” is to help charities understand how they can appropriately work with non-charities in carrying out their charitable activities and CRA’s expectations of registered Canadian…
Yes there are restrictions on how a Canadian registered charity can use its resources. In CRA’s Guidance “Using an Intermediary to Carry out a Charity’s Activities within Canada” it notes: “3. Are there restrictions on how a charity can use…