June 9, 2021
How has COVID affected funding of the Canadian charity sector? Part 2 – more data from the T3010
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…
June 9, 2021
National Post “WE in hot water again — this time with the CRA over donation receipts”
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…
May 31, 2021
Canadian charities giving to Indigenous Charities and Qualified Donees – 2018
In this article Canadian charities giving to Indigenous Charities and Qualified Donees - 2018, Sharon Redsky, Wanda Brascoupe, Mark Blumberg and…
May 30, 2021
Recent webinar on trust based philanthropy from the MLSE Foundation provides lots of food for thought for Canadian foundations
I listened to a webinar recently that I thought was very good entitled: Community Learning Series - Trust-Based Philanthropy Here is a…
May 29, 2021
CRA increasingly emphasizing importance of separation between registered charities and non-qualified donees
In the last couple of weeks I have read two separate CRA notes on the importance of maintaining sufficient separation between a registered charity…
May 25, 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.…
May 13, 2021
CRA adds new webinars dealing with registered charities and receipting over the next couple of weeks
CRA has announced new webinars dealing with registered charities and receipting. Here is a link. Here is the note from CRA: ……
May 7, 2021
CRA warns about tax shelter gifting schemes and the consequences of participating
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…
May 6, 2021
Update on ONCA – launch will be when new Ontario Business Registry (OBR) is ready
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…
May 5, 2021
Changes to T3010 filings for registered charities that are under the Ontario Corporation Act, effective May 15, 2021
Registered charities under the Ontario Corporations Act will be affected by some changes when filing their T3010. CRA will no longer be using the…
May 5, 2021
Ontario Corporation Act non-profits can continue to hold virtual meetings till December 31, 2021
The Ontario government is providing some temporary legislative changes to the Ontario Corporations Act such that irrespective of your governing…
April 29, 2021
Successful finish for Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp 2021 (Online)
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…
April 29, 2021
Report #2 of the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector – April 2021
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…
April 29, 2021
Updates to CharityData.ca
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…
April 29, 2021
Government Response to Special Senate Committee to the Charitable Sector
The Federal Government has recently released its response to the Special Senate Committee to the Charitable Sector. We will be reviewing and…
April 19, 2021
2021 Canadian Federal Budget – How will it affect the Canadian charitable sector?
A lot has changed in 2 years when the last Federal budget was delivered. Today, Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland introduced a Federal…
April 14, 2021
If a charity official donation receipt does not have all mandatory elements then it can be invalid
In a recent Federal Court of Appeal case called Kueviakoe v. Canada, the court decided that an official donation receipt lacking certain basic or…
April 10, 2021
Employees in the Canadian Charity Sector -most charities either have no employee or 1 employee
I recently read a very good report from The Charity Report dealing with charity sector employees entitled Charity Sector Employees: Employee…
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
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…