We will be having a new online course on “Running and Maintaining a Federal Non-Profit Corporation under the CNCA – An Introduction” on December 5, 2024, from 1:00 PM EST to 2:30 PM EST. The cost is $199, but there is an early-bird special if you sign up early enough. With over 10,000 CNCA corporations recently being dissolved for non-filing of annual returns and a number of scandals involving Federal non-profits, it is increasingly important that CNCA corporations are aware of their legal and ethical obligations.
Here is a description of the course:
Whether you are a non-profit or charity, if you are a CNCA corporation, you have certain obligations to comply with
There are about 47,000 federal non-profit corporations under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”). About 25% of them are registered charities and the rest are not registered charities.
This course will focus on the corporate aspects of having a non-profit under the CNCA. This will be applicable to both non-profits and registered charities, but it will not cover the Income Tax Act (Canada) regulatory requirements for either non-profits or registered charities.
This course covers:
- Different Non-Profit Types
- How Do You Know That You are Under the CNCA?
- Background on the CNCA
- Governing Documents
- Organizing Documents
- Members, Directors and Officers
- By-laws
- Operating Under the CNCA
- Soliciting Corporations vs. Non-soliciting
- CNCA Filing Obligations
- AGMs
- What is new?
- The recent dissolution of over 10,000 CNCA corporations
- CRA Filing Obligations (NPO vs. Charity)
- Biggest Mistakes
This 90-minute course is for directors, officers, employees and volunteers with CNCA corporations. It is not intended for groups that are provincial non-profits, such as the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (“ONCA”) or Alberta Societies, etc.