April 7, 2021
Centre for Inquiry Canada publishes report on “The Costs of Religion in Canada”
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…
April 5, 2021
CRA updates charitable activities page to include public policy dialogue and development activities (PPDDA) and Third Party Election Advertising
Recently CRA updated their post on charitable activities to highlight the ability of charities to carrying out public policy dialogue and development…
April 4, 2021
“Cross-Border Philanthropy – A U.S. Perspective” by Eric Zolt – excellent paper
I just finished reading an excellent paper entitled Cross-Border Philanthropy - A U.S. Perspective by Eric Zolt. It both provides a good summary of…
March 29, 2021
Blumberg Segal LLP is looking for an Associate Lawyer to join our Charity and Non-Profit practice
Blumberg Segal LLP is looking for an Associate Lawyer to join our Charity and Non-Profit practice. Here is a link and the text of the job listing:…
March 28, 2021
Some interesting information on co-operatives in Canada from Statistics Canada
StatsCan recently did a short report on cooperatives which illuminates this type of entity. It also notes that about 64% of co-operatives are…
March 28, 2021
Statistics Canada report on charitable donors in 2019
Stats Can recently released their Charitable Donors, 2019 report. I have been critical of StatsCan in the past for their annual reports on…
March 27, 2021
Discussion paper from the T3010 User Group on improvements to the T3010
It was very nice to read recently a discussion paper from the T3010 Research Group on how the T3010 and data in the sector can be improved. It was…
March 26, 2021
Canada now has 2 registered journalism organizations
Recently The Narwhal News Society was added as a registered journalism organization (RJO) and therefore along with La Presse Inc. there are now two…
March 24, 2021
How has COVID affected funding of the Canadian charity sector? Part 1
Yesterday I tweeted about a US study on the effect on COVID on donations. The study noted that US charitable giving increased by 10.6 percent in…
March 23, 2021
Upcoming Webinars for the Canadian Charity Law Association
The Canadian Charity Law Association is delivering some upcoming webinars. Registration is free but space is limited. Topics are subject to change.…
March 22, 2021
The Charities Directorate of CRA announces new webinars on gifting and receipting on March 30 and March 31.
Here is an announcement from CRA relating to new webinars dealing with gifting and receipting on March 30 and March 31, 2021. . Charities…
March 21, 2021
Trying to do grantmaking in Canada better
Well, we are in the midst of a pandemic and this has resulted in some grantmaking foundations and philanthropists increasing giving and thinking…