May 11, 2020
Fundamentals of Running a Private or Public Foundation in Canada 2020
Blumberg Segal LLP will be hosting an event "Fundamentals of Running a Private or Public Foundation in Canada 2020" on July 17, 2020. This will be a…
May 11, 2020
Fundamentals of Running a Canadian Charitable Organization/Operating Charity 2020
Blumberg Segal LLP will be hosting an event "Fundamentals of Running a Canadian Charitable Organization/Operating Charity 2020" on July 10, 2020.…
May 11, 2020
Blumberg Segal LLP Update for Clients and Friends – May 11, 2020
It has now been about 7 weeks that many businesses, non-profits and charities in Canada have either been shut down or are trying hard to adjust to…
May 11, 2020
Corporations Canada provides simple way for non-profits and charities under the CNCA to extend time for financial disclosure and AGM
We are delighted that Corporations Canada today has provided a simple way for non-profits and charities under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations…
May 11, 2020
Corporations Canada Listing updated for new filing deadline
As mentioned in our previous post, Corporations Canada has extended the deadline to September 30, 2020 for corporations under the Canada…
May 11, 2020
The Privacy Commissioner Releases tips for videoconferencing and privacy
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has recently released some tips for ensuring that you protect your organization's privacy, as well…
May 11, 2020
Guidance from Charity Commission “Manage financial difficulties in your charity caused by coronavirus”
Here is some really good guidance from the Charity Commission of England and Wales. Guidance Manage financial difficulties in your charity…
May 9, 2020
New Course on Canadian Charities Working with Non-Charities in Canada
We have just prepared a new course on Canadian Charities Working with Non-Charities in Canada. Here is information on the new course and how to…
May 8, 2020
Additional Information from the BC Financial Services Authority on gifts of life insurance to charities
I wrote to the BC Financial Services Authority on May 4, 2020, asking for some clarifications relating to their Information Bulletin entitled…
May 5, 2020
“UK charity failed to safeguard aid worker killed in Syria – report”
The Guardian recently had an article "UK charity failed to safeguard aid worker killed in Syria – report". The article deals with Alan Henning, a…
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 29, 2020
Some further enhancements to CharityData.ca in April 2020 relating to categories and subcategories
As we noted on April 18, 2020, we have updated CharityData.ca. There have been further recent improvements especially relating to searches/filtering…
April 27, 2020
Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) applications for NPOs and charities begin today
The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) application process begins today. Non-profits and charities that meet the requirements of the CEWS may…
April 25, 2020
Press Release and Background on Ontario-Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program
Here is information from the Ontario government on the Ontario-Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program including a press release and also…
April 25, 2020
Questions and Answers on the Canada Emergency Response Benefit from the CRA
Document released by CRA yesterday April 24, 2020 entitled "Questions and Answers on the Canada Emergency Response Benefit": Canada Revenue Agency…
April 24, 2020
The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) and its application to Charities and Non-profits
NOTE: the comments provided are based on the information available today and further announcements or changes could impact that information. The…
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 23, 2020
COVID-19 and AGMs for Ontario non-profit corporation under the Ontario Corporations Act (“OCA”)
The COVID-19 crisis is forcing some non-profit organizations and registered charities to rethink the timing and manner of conducting their annual…
April 23, 2020
PGT views of what is “pandemic-related”
We have written about 2 recent notices from the Ontario Public Guardian and Trustee ("PGT") relating to restricted funds and the pandemic. These are…
April 23, 2020
CRA Charities Directorate “What’s New” discusses Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
Below is the CRA Charities Directorate "What's New" which discusses the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy and how to apply for it. It also reminds…
April 20, 2020
CRA Charities Directorate call centre is now operational today
The CRA has announced on their webpage that their call centre is now open: The Charities Directorate call centre has resumed its operations in order…
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…
April 17, 2020
Federal government loosens rules relating to journalism subsidy and qualified journalism organizations
The Canadian Federal government announced today a loosening of the rules relating to journalism subsidies and also the new qualified donee category…