February 24, 2018
RC191 – Qualified Donee Becoming a Prescribed University Outside Canada (CRA) updated
CRA has recently updated their guidance RC191 - Qualified Donee Becoming a Prescribed University Outside Canada (CRA). The changes are…
February 24, 2018
Why US and other nonprofit organizations may wish to set up in Canada
In the past US and other charities had mainly looked to establishing a Canadian counterpart non-profit or registered charity when they thought that…
February 14, 2018
Consultation “Reviewing Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Regime”
The Department of Finance is reviewing Canada's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regime. They have published a…
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…
January 27, 2018
CRA letters on large foreign activity religious charities recently revoked by CRA
We noted a few months ago that "CRA recently revokes registered charity status of 2 large religious groups doing foreign activities". We…
January 25, 2018
Are you prepared for CHAMP? It is happening in November 2018 whether your are ready or not
The CRA has been working for years on the Charities IT Modernization Project or CHAMP. CHAMP is going to affect charity applications in…
January 25, 2018
With foreign activities what is the difference between a conduit and a structured arrangement?
Here is an updated article on the difference between a conduit and a structured arrangement - it is entitled Canadian Charities and Foreign…
January 24, 2018
CRA Questions on Charities Assisting Those Affected by the Conflict in Syria
In our note "CRA Questions on Charities Assisting Those Affected by the Conflict in Syria" it includes some common questions and answers from CRA on…
January 9, 2018
Top 68 CRA Reasons for Denying your Canadian Registered Charity Application
In this article "Top 68 CRA Reasons for Denying your Canadian Registered Charity Application" we have obtained from CRA a list of some of the most…
January 1, 2018
Canadian charities operating outside of Canada and Sanctions
If you are a Canadian charity operating outside of Canada you need to pay attention to whether there are sanctions relating to a particular country,…
December 16, 2017
Canadian Charity Foreign Activity Legal Checklist – Working with Foreign Charities or Intermediaries
Here is a new checklist from Blumbergs that will assist Canadian registered charities either interested or currently conducting foreign activities.…
October 28, 2017
Prescribed foreign universities can have their qualified donee status be revoked by the CRA
Canada has an unusually generous system in which foreign universities that have a couple of Canadian students studying there can obtain the…
October 28, 2017
Charity Commission releases guidance on “grant funding an organisation that isn’t a charity”
The Charity Commission of England and Wales has released a guidance Grant funding an organisation that isn’t a charity. It sets certain…
September 15, 2017
CRA letter on transfers of property by a corporation to its sole shareholder
CRA recently released a letter that discusses whether a transfer of property by a corporation to its shareholder that is a private foundation is a…
August 30, 2017
Australian national risk assessment into the NP sector discusses terrorist financing and AML
An interesting new report from The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) as well as the Australian Transactions…
July 27, 2017
NYT coverage of Canadian donation to NS gallery and CPERB process
The New York Times recently had an article Canada Debates Whether Gift of Leibovitz Photos Is Also a Tax Dodge which discusses a donation of…
July 23, 2017
Coverage of recent revocations of two charities by the Canada Revenue Agency
Global News recently had coverage entitled "Government revokes group’s charity status, audit cites possible funding of Pakistani militants"…
June 18, 2017
Charities, Regulation and Donors – some international perspectives from the CCLA
The Canadian Charity Law Association (CCLA) is pleased to present: Charities, Regulation and Donors - some international perspectives on June 22,…
June 16, 2017
Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to Foreign Qualified Donees for 2015
There are over 294,000 records of Canadian charities gifting to qualified donees in total (both within and outside of Canada). We reviewed the…
June 14, 2017
Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to other Qualified Donees for 2015
Here is a article "Largest Gifts from Canadian Charities to other Qualified Donees for 2015" with a list of all gifts over $1,000,000 from the 2015…
May 27, 2017
Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Law Institute 2017 – save the date!
We are pleased to announce the Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Law Institute 2017 will be on Monday October 16, 2017. Further details will…
April 23, 2017
Which Canadian registered charities spent the most on foreign activities in 2015?
Here is our article "Which Canadian charities spent money on foreign activities in 2015 and how much did they spend?"
April 22, 2017
CRA recently revokes registered charity status of 2 large religious groups doing foreign activities
On the CRA database it has become apparent that CRA has recently revoked the charitable status of two religious organizations that conduct…
April 11, 2017
Carleton MPNL PhilanthroTHINK: The Future of Charity Regulation on April 28, 2017 in Ottawa
Carleton University has a Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (MPNL). They do some very interesting programs relating to the…