February 16, 2020
Very surprising statistics from the Charities Directorate on recent charity registrations
I recently looked at a couple of ATIP documents from the Charities Directorate and I was quite surprised at the decline in the number of charity…
December 20, 2019
Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp 2020
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…
November 30, 2019
Stats Can releases information on charitable donations and it is as meaningless as always
Statistics Canada every year releases a little report on "Charitable donors". The numbers are very detailed and very specific - but unfortunately,…
November 30, 2019
Canadian donations are far more than that which is claimed by taxpayers on their returns
Here is a list of the amounts of donations claimed by donors on their Canadian tax forms. We have lamented, especially the 2006 year, when there was…
November 13, 2019
Increase in numbers of organizations in two qualified donee categories
There are a couple of important qualified donee categories that have increased in size - first the "List of municipal or public bodies performing a…
November 13, 2019
The CRA has released an updated 2019 version of its T3010 Registered Charity Information Return
The CRA has released recently the 2019 version C of its T3010 Registered Charity Information Return. The major changes deal with replacing political…
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.…
September 14, 2019
Just launched our 3rd online course “Fundraising from Canada: A course for groups outside of Canada”
We have just launched our 3rd online course - this one is entitled "Fundraising from Canada: A course for groups outside of Canada". It is geared…
June 9, 2019
Comparison of the CRA’s Charities Listing and Blumbergs’ Charity Data
With the recent changes in May 2019 in which CRA removed about 10 years of public information from the Charities Listing, the differences between the…
May 24, 2019
Dramatic changes to the CRA Charities Listing
CRA has recently updated its Charities Listing and the most notable change is the fact that they have reduced the amount of information available on…
April 30, 2019
Fundamentals of the T3010 and Transparency for Canadian Charities
Every year Canadian registered charities must file the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return with the Charities Directorate of CRA. In June…
April 23, 2019
Recent Dept of Finance Report on Federal Tax Expenditures 2019 is worth taking a look at
The Federal Department of Finance has recently released its Report on Federal Tax Expenditures: Concepts, Estimates and Evaluations 2019. For…
March 28, 2019
CRA announces upcoming changes to the T3010 and T2050, removing Political Activities
On March 15, 2019, CRA announced that there will be changes to the T3010 Annual Return and the T2050 Application to Register a Charity to account for…
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…
February 27, 2019
T3010 and political activities – changes are coming
The CRA recently posted on their T3010 page that "In December 2018, the rules governing the political activities of registered charities changed as a…
January 16, 2019
CharityData.ca T3010 Data Update
We are pleased to announce that we have recently updated our CharityData.ca website to include nearly all T3010 2017 data and some of the 2018 data.…
December 4, 2018
Charities Directorate releases Report on the Charities Program 2016 to 2018
The CRA released today their Report on the Charities Program 2016 to 2018. They note: "We made the report shorter by reducing the amount…
November 24, 2018
Special Senate Committee on the Charity Sector and Mark Blumberg’s testimony November 19, 2018
On Monday November 19, 2018 I presented to the Special Senate Committee on the Charity Sector in Ottawa. My presentation dealt with a number of…
November 4, 2018
CRA reminders to file the T3010
Canadian registered charities must file their Registered Charity Information Return (Form T3010) on an annual basis within 6 months of their fiscal…
October 31, 2018
CBC article “Pro sports charities hoarding cash, overspending on fundraising, watchdog says”
The CBC today covered the issue of Canadian pro sports teams and their fundraising charities in "Pro sports charities hoarding cash, overspending on…
October 15, 2018
Blumbergs Canadian Charity Sector Snapshot 2016
We launched today at the Blumbergs' Charity Law Institute 2018 the Blumbergs Canadian Charity Sector Snapshot 2016. It has some…
September 13, 2018
CRA to use new mailing address for Registered Charity Information Return (T3010) as of October 8.
The CRA announced today that they will be changing the mailing address for the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return effective…
August 4, 2018
Blumbergs’ Pre-Budget Brief to the Finance Committee
Here is a copy of our Submission to the Federal Finance Committee dated August 1, 2018 for the 2019 Federal Budget. The…
May 17, 2018
Key statistics on Canada’s charity and non-profit sector
The Canadian charity and non-profit sector are an important part of the Canadian economy and have a huge impact on the lives of Canadians. With the…