January 14, 2021
Going the Extra Mile: The Liability of Foreignness in U.S. Foundation International Grantmaking to Local NGOs
I recently ran across a very good article entitled: "Going the Extra Mile: The Liability of Foreignness in U.S. Foundation International Grantmaking…
December 29, 2020
Happy Holidays from the OECD – a very interesting report on different countries and how they treat philanthropy and charities
An interesting report from the OECD on charities in many different countries recently was published. It was given a really exciting title namely…
December 20, 2020
Statistics Canada launches crowd sourced questionnaire on diversity in the non-profit and charity sector.
Statistics Canada launched a crowd-sourced questionnaire on diversity in the non-profit and charity sector. I encourage groups to complete the…
November 27, 2020
Despite WE Charity Scandal and 5 months of intense coverage the Federal government is reducing transparency on the charitable sector
If you have followed the WE Charity scandal one of the major concerns is the lack of transparency with Canadian registered charities. That is not…
November 27, 2020
CRA releases foreign activity guidance after multi-year delays as well as guidance on intermediaries working in Canada
CRA released today the updated guidance CG-002, Canadian registered charities carrying on activities outside Canada. Essentially, this guidance…
October 30, 2020
Capacity building, education, and online courses for the Canadian charity and non-profit sector
Our firm has been using online tools for over 10 years – primarily webinars. In 2018, we moved to providing paid online courses dealing with charity…
October 30, 2020
The Charity Report provides a profile of the Blumbergs’ Snapshot of the Canadian Charity Sector
We were pleasantly surprised to see that The Charity Report "your independent source of news in the charity sector" recently published an article…
October 22, 2020
Blumbergs Canadian Charity Sector Snapshot 2018
Here is our Blumbergs Canadian Charity Sector Snapshot 2018.We recently reviewed the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return database for 2018…
October 18, 2020
CRA accepts over 170 voluntary revocations
The Canada Gazette on October 17, 2020 published the names of over 170 Canadian registered charities that had requested voluntary revocation. Here…
October 11, 2020
Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Law Institute 2020 – online
Every year Blumbergs has its Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Law Institute. This year we will be doing a "mini-institute" – very virtual, much shorter…
September 14, 2020
Decline in trust in the Canadian non-profit and charity sector as a result of the WE Charity scandal
A recent public opinion poll by Proof Communications, which runs the CanTrust index, dealing with trust shows a 6% decline for the non-profit and…
September 4, 2020
What will be the impact of the WE Charity scandal on the Canadian charity sector?
The WE Charity scandal has now been going on for over 2 months. A few weeks ago the Minister of Finance resigned and parliament was prorogued. Some…
July 31, 2020
Transparency in the Canadian Charitable Sector and the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return Online Course
Every year we do a 3-hour course on transparency and the T3010. This year there has been a lot of interest in transparency around charities. On…
July 20, 2020
Mark Blumberg’s written submission to the Finance Committee on transparency in the non-profit and charity sector
Here is my Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the Upcoming Federal Budget on Transparency and Accountability in the…
July 19, 2020
We have recently added two new online courses for Canadian charities
We have recently added 2 new full-day courses namely Fundamentals of Running a Canadian Charitable Organization/Operating Charity and Fundamentals of…
June 27, 2020
Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from the Federal government in 2018?
Here is our article Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from the Federal government in 2018? In 2018 the Federal government provided…
June 27, 2020
Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from Provincial Governments in 2018?
Here is our article Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from Provincial Governments in 2018? In 2018 the various provincial…
June 27, 2020
Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from Municipal Governments in 2018?
Here is our article Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from Municipal Governments in 2018? Municipal governments in Canada provided…
June 26, 2020
Which Canadian charities spent money on foreign activities in 2018 and how much did they spend?
In our note Which Canadian charities spent money on foreign activities in 2018 and how much did they spend we recently reviewed the T3010 information…
June 25, 2020
Charities Directorate Business Resumption Plan and Audits
CRA has just published its plan for the resumption of full activities. Here is one pertaining to the Legislation and Policy Branch (Charities). My…
May 5, 2020
BC Financial Services Authority and gifts of life insurance to charities
Every year less than 1% of Canadian registered charities identify in their T3010 receiving a life insurance policy for which they issued an official…
April 24, 2020
Blumberg Segal LLP Update for Clients and Friends – April 24, 2020
It has been over 4 weeks that many businesses, non-profits and charities in Canada have either been shut down or are trying hard to adjust to the…
April 18, 2020
CharityData.ca has been updated – check it out! More information on Canadian registered charities
We do regular updates of the portal CharityData.ca. Recently we just added more T3010 data including updated partial 2019 data and all of 2018 data.…
April 18, 2020
CRA’s Charities Listing vs. Blumbergs’ Charity Data 2020
With changes in May 2019 in which CRA removed about 10 years of public information from the Charities Listing, the differences between the CRA’s…