An interesting story appeared today in the Toronto Star by Max Binks-Collier of the Investigative Journalism Bureau. The article is entitled “This Canadian cancer charity tells the public it spends most of its donations on charitable works. Financial records tell…
The CRA has recently begun collecting information on donor advised funds (DAFs) in Canada. We have blogged about it here. These are the questions that have been added: Line 5860 – Did the charity hold any donor advised funds (DAF)…
Here is a recent CRA letter dealing with an NPO residential housing co-operative and whether renting common areas to a film company indicates a profit purpose? There are many advantages of running a housing co-operative as a non-profit but there…
In this case, Allan et al. v. Thunder Bay Regional et al., recently, there was a decision made by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. It dealt with Mr. Iwachewski, who had died with a proper will prepared by a…
The Canadian government and other governments and regulators have taken a keen interest in cryptocurrency. The Federal government has recently put out some more material on crypto that is general for taxpayers and not specific for non-profits and charities. We…
About 10,000 CNCA corporations that have not filed their annual returns in the last 3 years will be dissolved. Here are below some further names of corporations that have been dissolved. We have discussed this topic in multiple previous blogs. …
The following 75 corporations are slated for dissolution by Corporations Canada for non-filing of their annual return (Form 4022). Some of the groups may have subsequently attended to their filings and they may not be facing dissolution. Notice of Intent…
Job Title: Administrative Assistant Location: Remote, but need to be located in the Greater Toronto Area Duration: 12 months (possibly longer) Position Overview: We are seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized Administrative Assistant to provide coverage during a team…
I was recently speaking with Minister Bibeau and I told her that the CRA should be run like the Charities Directorate. When I call the other part of CRA, I struggle to get through, and it can take 2 weeks…
In the last week there have been major changes in Syria. It looks like the Assad government has collapsed, and various opposition groups have taken over the country. It is a fluid situation. There are many complexities for a Canadian…
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…
The Ontario Government has announced that they will expand the number of service providers (currently 2) as of February 2025. This will give greater choice to Ontario non-profits that need a service provider. The current fees being charged seem quite…
CRA has started putting up notices on the CRA My Business Account system that, beginning in January 2025, online mail will be the default for delivering most business correspondence. This does not mean that a charity must be on the…
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…
Unfortunately, we’re dealing with a postal strike that could last for weeks or longer. For many Canadian charities, they will barely notice the Canada Post strike. However, for other charities, it could have a significant impact in terms of fundraising…
This article will try to show you some of the major differences between the CRA’s Charities Listing and the Blumbergs’ CharityData.ca databases as of November 2024 and why depending on what you want to do, one database may be better…
A number of charities and non-profits have contacted us over the last week about questionable emails they have received relating to trademarks. Here is a warning from CPATA, the College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents: Trademark Scam…
I don’t know if you know this, but many of the largest charities in Canada are set up under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”). Under the CNCA, if the non-profit corporation receives over $10,000 of public money, then it…
On Friday, Madam Justice Whyte Nowak of the Federal Court dismissed a motion by JNF Canada to reverse the publication in the Canada Gazette of the revocation of its charitable status. The Federal Court has decided to dismiss this motion.…
There are a million different things one can discuss when one is thinking about how the world will change when there is a second Trump presidency. However, in this brief note, I just want to focus on the fact that…
I noticed that the Charities Directorate has issued a large number of penalties. Here is the list of registered charities that are currently listed as penalized on the Charities Listing: Organization name Status Type of qualified donee Province/Territory City…
Often the Charities Directorate of CRA updates its guidance and it does not alert the public to the change. So, I was pleased that the Charities Directorate recently released a press release that they had updated their guidance CG-029 Relief…
The Department of Finance has put out a press release and backgrounder, which are reproduced below, about a complicated change to the Income Tax Act (“ITA”) relating to registered charities that offer reproductive health services or information or referrals to…
There has been a release of the “Report #4 of the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector – October 2024“. We have discussed earlier reports of the ACCS on our blog.