November 13, 2019
CRA terminates some municipalities as qualified donees
I know the title sounds a little harsh but I recently checked a list that the CRA maintains of municipalities that are "qualified donees" or groups…
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 28, 2019
ON government access to information disclosure on ONCA – so many pages and so little said
Since February 2019 there has not been any update from the Ontario government about ONCA coming into force. As we have noted before the Ontario…
October 28, 2019
VITREO Brain Trust Philanthropy Podcast on Community Foundations, DAFs and Perpetual Funds
I was recently on a VITREO podcast entitled Episode 31: The Impact of the Community Foundation - How They Have Become Power Players in…
October 25, 2019
Miller v. The Queen, 2019 TCC 204 – the Tax Court of Canada sure can be slow
There was a recent Tax Court of Canada ("TCC") case Miller v. The Queen, 2019 TCC 204. It is not an important or exciting case - it deals with a…
October 25, 2019
ATIP request from Global Affairs Canada re: Canadian NGOs that applied for and received funding
Here is an Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) request made of Global Affairs Canada in 2018 relating to "List of all Canadian non-profit…
October 23, 2019
Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) In Canada – an online course by Mark Blumberg
We have recently launched another online course entitled "Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) In Canada: Understanding this important and often misunderstood…
October 18, 2019
Interesting article by Press Progress on the True North Centre for Public Policy
Press Progress has written an article entitled Right-Wing Media Outlet Accredited For Leaders’ Debate is Also Registered as a Charity for Immigrants.…
October 15, 2019
CRA Sending Out T3010 Reminders
CRA is now sending out reminders to registered charities to file their T3010s on time. These reminders are going out roughly 3 months before the…
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.…
October 12, 2019
Some government of Canada material on social enterprise, social innovation and social finance
Here are some documents relating to social finance, social investments and social enterprise that have been requested by various people through the…
October 2, 2019
Is employer contribution to employee crowdfunding a taxable benefit?
There is an interesting letter from CRA dealing with "Whether an employer's contribution to an employee's crowdfunding campaign raising funds…
September 27, 2019
ONCA – does no update mean no ONCA?
I have been asking the Ontario government for months for an update on whether ONCA is coming into force and when. On September 25, 2019 I…
September 22, 2019
Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Law Institute 2019
Join us on Monday October 7, 2019 in Toronto for the 8th Annual Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Law Institute. We will be featuring a number of…
September 21, 2019
CRA announces that it will still accept paper charity applications until September 30, 2019
CRA is encouraging non-profits that want to apply to become registered charities to use their new CHAMP system for the application process. …
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…
September 5, 2019
When will ONCA come into force and when will we find out more information?
Many people in Ontario are wondering what the status of ONCA is. I just wrote this email to MGCS and look forward to hearing more and…
September 2, 2019
Elections Canada updates guide on political financing and third party registration
Elections Canada in late August 2019 updated their guide Political Financing Handbook for Third Parties Financial Agents and Auditors,…
August 29, 2019
Tyee opinion piece “Why Environmental Groups’ Attack on Elections Canada Is Wrong, and Dangerous”
The Tyee, an online magazine, recently posted an opinion piece by Tom McMahon entitled "Why Environmental Groups’ Attack on Elections…
August 29, 2019
CANADALAND Podcast on charities, political activities and the upcoming Federal election
CANADALAND recently had a podcast which dealt with a number of topics but one of them was charities, political activities, Elections…
August 29, 2019
Fundamentals of Running a Private or Public Foundation in Canada
Private and Public Foundations are an important part of the Canadian charity sector. The Blumbergs' Fundamentals of Running a Private…
August 27, 2019
Question to CRA on alter ego trusts and whether transfers are a donation
STEP Canada had a CRA Roundtable on June 6-7, 2019 and they discussed a number of topics. One issue of interest to charities and…
August 20, 2019
Misinformation about NPOs/charities and political activities during the election is spreading
There has been a lot of media and social media coverage over the last few days about non-profits and charities and the rules around their involvement…