May 13, 2022
Charities and Abortion in Canada – further discussion of the Liberals’ removal of charitable status for anti-abortion groups
Americans are reeling from a recent leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion that is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and leave abortion in the hands of…
May 11, 2022
Update completed to CharityData.ca website (May 2022)
We have made a number of updates to the CharityData.ca website. We have reimported the 2019 and 2020 data to ensure that it uses the latest data from…
May 5, 2022
Changes at CRA’s Charities Directorate – Tony Manconi will be retiring and Sharmila Khare will become the new Director General
Tony Manconi has been the Director General of the Charities Directorate since 2016. I have had the pleasure of working with Tony and anyone who works…
May 4, 2022
Ontario Grant to Support Anti-Hate Security Measures for Faith-Based and Cultural Organizations
We received information from Ontario’s Anti-Racism Directorate at the Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism that applications for the grant…
May 3, 2022
Explanatory Notes Relating to the Income Tax Act and Other Legislation with information on Canadian charities dealing with non-qualified donees
The Department of Finance has released Explanatory Notes Relating to the Income Tax Act and Other Legislation. Here is the full version. Below are…
May 2, 2022
Mark Blumberg presenting to the Foundation, Endowment and Not For Profit Investment Summit on Top Compliance Issues for Canadian Foundations
I will be presenting to the Foundation, Endowment and Not For Profit Investment Summit on Navigating the Top Compliance Issues Facing Canadian…
April 30, 2022
Gifts by Canadian Charities to the United Nations and its Agencies in 2019
Here is our article Gifts by Canadian Charities to the United Nations and its Agencies in 2019. In this article, we will look at funding of the…
April 30, 2022
Gifts by Canadian Charities to Donor Advised Funds in 2019
In this article, Gifts by Canadian Charities to Donor Advised Funds in 2019, we will look at gifts from Canadian registered charities to Canadian…
April 30, 2022
Gifts by Canadian Registered Charities to the Registered Foreign Universities in 2019
Here is our article Gifts by Canadian Charities to the Registered Foreign Universities in 2019. In this article, we will look at funding of…
April 28, 2022
Recent CRA letters of revocation for Canadian registered charities – 2021
Over the last decade, we have provided to the public CRA letters relating to a number of Canadian registered charity revocations. These letters from…
April 27, 2022
CRA Guidance Protection of the Environment and Charitable Registration – document
Finally, the "CRA Guidance Protection of the Environment and Charitable Registration" is available to the public. This 2014 version obtained through…
April 27, 2022
CRA Guidance Purposes Not Furthered
Here is the CRA Guidance Purposes Not Furthered which discusses when CRA would register a charity when with respect to some purposes there may not be…