A number of regulations for the new Ontario Not-For-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA) have been published today in the Ontario Gazette. This raises the question of whether ONCA will come into force on July 1, 2021? It is possible but impossible…
I recently read a fascinating report from the Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations (ECVO) on Transforming the Non-Profit Community in Edmonton. It is relevant to all cities and communities in Canada. So many great quotes but here are just a…
CRA recently sent out a reminder to file the T3010. More than half of registered charities have a year end date of December 31st, which means that their T3010 filing is due June 30th. All charities must ensure that they…
In our note “How has COVID affected funding of the Canadian charity sector Part 2?” we reviewed T3010 data and found amongst the 11,821 registered charities that total revenue for these charities from 2019 to 2020 is down by 5%…
In an article in the National Post entitled “WE in hot water again — this time with the CRA over donation receipts: WE’s legal fees will be far in excess of the $90,000 in dispute. Sometimes you just can’t win for…
Here is a note from CRA trying to spread the word about rapid testing and workplaces dealing with COVID. This also includes a program of the Canadian Red Cross for charities, non-profits or Indigenous community organizations with five (5) personnel…
In this article Canadian charities giving to Indigenous Charities and Qualified Donees – 2018, Sharon Redsky, Wanda Brascoupe, Mark Blumberg and Jessie Lang reviewed the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return database for 2018 to see how many gifts and the…
I listened to a webinar recently that I thought was very good entitled: Community Learning Series – Trust-Based Philanthropy Here is a description of the webinar: As grantmakers, we have a responsibility to confront the ways our sector has contributed…
In the last couple of weeks I have read two separate CRA notes on the importance of maintaining sufficient separation between a registered charity and a non-qualified donee (whether non-profit, foreign charity, for-profit, etc) Here is an excerpt from a…
CRA has announced new webinars dealing with registered charities and receipting. Here is a link. Here is the note from CRA: Charities and giving – What’s new Charities information webinars We are pleased to announce that the next charities…
CRA recently sent out an email entitled “Warning: Watch out for tax shelter gifting schemes“. I am not sure if this is just regular communication or there is an upswing in these. You would think that they would be warning…
I asked MGCS for an update on ONCA and received the following on May 5, 2021: We are targeting to proclaim ONCA as soon as possible and will update the ministry’s ONCA website here once further information is available. …
Registered charities under the Ontario Corporations Act will be affected by some changes when filing their T3010. CRA will no longer be using the Form RC232, Corporations Information Act Annual Return for Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations. This will affect about 20,000…
The Ontario government is providing some temporary legislative changes to the Ontario Corporations Act such that irrespective of your governing documents an OCA corporation can hold virtual meetings until December 31, 2021. Here is the note from the Ontario…
On May 3, 2021 I was very pleased to read a press release from the Ontario government entitled “Ontario Taking Steps to Better Prepare and Support Youth Leaving Care”. As you may know, most provinces including Ontario have largely cut…
On April 21, 2021 we had our Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp 2021. It is the second Boot Camp that we have conducted online and our tenth Boot Camp in total. Those who missed the course can catch the…
Report #2 of the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector – April 2021 was released on April 29, 2021. Here is a link. Here is a PDF of the Report #2 of the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector –…
We have recently made a number of updates to CharityData.ca. The most important update is including more 2020 and 2019 charity returns. Also, if you review the foreign activities of Canadian charities under the “Programs” tab you will see that…
The Federal Government has recently released its response to the Special Senate Committee to the Charitable Sector. We will be reviewing and commenting on this response at some point.
A lot has changed in 2 years when the last Federal budget was delivered. Today, Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland introduced a Federal Budget and you can see our initial comments at “2021 Canadian Federal Budget and its impact on…
In a recent Federal Court of Appeal case called Kueviakoe v. Canada, the court decided that an official donation receipt lacking certain basic or correct information can be invalidated. This is consistent with past court decisions. The court noted various…
I recently read a very good report from The Charity Report dealing with charity sector employees entitled Charity Sector Employees: Employee Stats, Industry Compensation and Salary Averages for 2018 (September 2020). I thought that one element that was not covered…
Someone sent me a link to a report from the Centre for Inquiry Canada entitled “The Costs of Religion in Canada“. It is advocating for proselytization to be removed as charitable and groups that are only for the advancement of…
Recently CRA updated their post on charitable activities to highlight the ability of charities to carrying out public policy dialogue and development activities (PPDDA) but also to remember that with an upcoming election in the future that charities may also…