March 18, 2020

Registered Charity Q&A with Blumbergs – Friday March 20, 2020

With the Charities Directorate call centre suspended till April 5, 2020, we thought we would have a Registered Charity Q&A on Friday, March 20.…

March 17, 2020

Blumbergs releases new Canadian Charity Legal Checklist for 2020 by Mark Blumberg

Here is an updated Canadian Charity Legal Checklist by Mark Blumberg.  It is a checklist for Canadian registered charities to assist them with…

March 14, 2020

Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp 2020 -now online

Blumbergs is pleased to announce that we will be hosting Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp again on Monday, April 20, 2020. An easy enough…

October 13, 2019

Blumbergs Canadian Charity Sector Snapshot 2017

We are pleased to launch our Blumbergs Canadian Charity Sector Snapshot 2017 with information on the Canadian registered charity sector for 2017.…

October 12, 2019

Some government of Canada material on social enterprise, social innovation and social finance

Here are some documents relating to social finance, social investments and social enterprise that have been requested by various people through the…

April 23, 2019

CRA’s Charities Education Program Letter

In December 2017, CRA introduced a new program, the Charities Education Program ("CEP") which is aimed at helping charities comply with the…

April 23, 2019

Canadian Charity Legal Checklist by Mark Blumberg – April 2019

Here is our new Canadian Charity Legal Checklist.  For those who are interested in reviewing legal compliance for their registered charity,…

March 25, 2019

Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp 2019 (SOLD OUT)

The Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp will be held again on Monday April 8, 2019. This is a one-day boot camp on compliance and…

January 14, 2019

Course – Should We Establish a Canadian Social Enterprise, Non-Profit or Charity and How to Do It?

We have created a course entitled "Should We Establish a Canadian Social Enterprise, Non-Profit or Charity and How to Do It?".   The course…

January 13, 2019

Fallacies about private foundations in 2019 – an article on the many myths about private foundations

The compliance requirements and restrictions on private foundations in Canada are frequently misunderstood, even by those who run large private…

November 5, 2018

New Canadian Registered Charity Legal Checklist by Mark Blumberg

Here is the new Canadian Charity Legal Checklist.  For those who are interested in reviewing legal compliance for their registered charity they…

July 17, 2018

CRA letter on private foundation receiving residue of alter ego trust and excess corporate holdings

There are certain rules in the Income Tax Act that only apply to private foundations and not charitable organizations and public foundations. …

April 26, 2018

CharityVillage Top Charity Compliance Issues for Canadian Registered Charity with Mark Blumberg

Here is my recent webinar Top Charity Compliance Issues for Canadian Registered Charity with Mark Blumberg.  It was wonderful to have over…

April 24, 2018

Common Paragraphs from CRA in the Notification of Registration On Operating a Registered Charity

Here is our article Common Paragraphs from CRA in the Notification of Registration Regarding Operating a Registered Charity.  It provides…

April 11, 2018

Top Canadian Charity Law Issues by Mark Blumberg – For Charity Village – March 2018

Here is an article I recently wrote entitled Top Canadian Charity Law Issues for Charity Village.  It highlights some of the…

March 27, 2018

Upcoming Blumbergs’ Events for 2018 – Bootcamp, T3010 and Receipting

Understanding legal compliance for registered charities is not easy but Blumbergs is offering exciting new upcoming events in 2018 that will…

January 27, 2018

Our directory of top resources for Canadian registered charities

Over the last 10 or more years, we have published over 2500 blog posts.  Except for a few avid readers, that might be a little overwhelming so…

December 20, 2017

Top Canadian charity law compliance issues for Canadian registered charities

A great deal has been written about legal compliance surrounding charities in Canada. Much of that material, however, is highly specialized, hard to…

October 1, 2017

Federal government consulting on “Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy”

In a press release from ESDC entitled "Canadians are invited to share their ideas on the development of a Social Innovation and Social Finance…

April 11, 2016

The Non-Profit Organization Risk Identification Project (NPORIP) Report – finally released

In June 2014, which is almost 2 years ago, I put in a request to CRA to receive a copy of certain information on the Non-Profit…

March 26, 2014

CRA’s “Non-Profit Organization Risk Identification Project Report”

CRA conducts reviews each year that are meant to promote compliance with its laws. One of these reviews is the "Non-Profit Organization Risk…

October 29, 2013

Presentation to the Schulich School of Business, York University on Structures for Social Enterprise

I enjoyed giving a presentation tonight to an MBA class at Schulich School of Business at York University on Structures for Social Enterprise. …

February 12, 2010

Business Activities and Earned Income by Canadian Charities – webinar from CLIP

Here is an archived webinar entitled “Business Activities and Earned Income by Canadian Charities” with charity lawyer Mark Blumberg.…

September 2, 2009

Canadian charities and holding shares of subsidiary corporation carrying on business

This CRA letter deals with “whether a charity’s status is at risk where the charity holds shares of a subsidiary corporation carrying on…