September 13, 2021
Notice from Service Ontario about filings under OCA as ONCA is being launched
We received a notice from Service Ontario relating to filings prior to ONCA coming into force on October 19, 2021. Essentially any filings done by…
September 13, 2021
ACCS submission to Finance on the DQ suggesting no change to the rate is disappointing for operating charities
At a time when charities need funds and private foundations alone are sitting on $95 billion dollars, the Advisory Committee to the Charitable Sector…
September 11, 2021
Which Canadian charities issued the most official donation receipts in 2019?
We reviewed the Canadian registered charities that identified they issued official donation receipts and the total amount of donation receipts issued…
September 10, 2021
Which Canadian registered charities had the largest assets in 2019?
Here is our note on Which Canadian charities had the largest assets in 2019?. Canadian registered charities are required to disclose on the T3010…
September 6, 2021
Which Charities Received the Most Money from the Federal Government in 2019?
We recently reviewed the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return database for 2019 as part of the Sean Blumberg Transparency Project. The…
September 5, 2021
Blumbergs’ Snapshot of the Ontario Charity Sector 2019 – information on registered charities in Ontario from the CRA T3010 annual filings
Here is the Blumbergs' Snapshot of the Ontario Charity Sector 2019. We recently reviewed the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return database for…
September 5, 2021
Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Sector Snapshot 2019 – information on the Canadian registered charity sector from the T3010 filings of Canadian charities
Here is the Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Sector Snapshot 2019. We recently reviewed the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return database for 2019…
September 4, 2021
Conservatives propose Foreign Agents Registry Act which could prevent large Canadian charities from receiving foreign funding costing universities and others billions of dollars
The Conservatives have put forward some proposals in their platform that are unclear and could have a significant negative effect on the charity…
August 17, 2021
Ontario government announces that ONCA and Ontario Business Registry will be launched October 19, 2021
It took many years but finally, it looks like new Ontario Not-For-Profit Corporations (ONCA) and the Ontario Business Registry will be launched on…
July 29, 2021
Blumbergs’ Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations for the Canadian Federal Budget 2022 with a focus on Transparency and Accountability in the Non-profit and Charity Sector
Here is the Blumbergs' Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the Upcoming…
July 29, 2021
“Confidence in charity leaders has fallen sharply over the last two decades – what does that mean for the sector?”
In this excellent article by Steven Ayer, he writes that confidence in the charity sector has fallen considerably over the last two decades. The…
July 29, 2021
Grantmaking in Canada can be improved immensely but eliminating structured arrangements is dangerous and a red herring to the real problems with our sector
With respect to a recent bill passed by the Senate, but not the House of Commons, relating to structured arrangements/direction and control we have…
July 27, 2021
Upcoming Webinars for the Canadian Charity Law Association
The Canadian Charity Law Association is delivering some upcoming webinars. Registration is free but space is limited. Topics are subject to change.…
July 23, 2021
If there is a Federal election called soon NPOs and registered charities need to pay attention to rules for political activities and third-party advertising
So the rumour mill says that the Liberals may call a Federal election in August. Hopefully, we will not have the misinformation about charities and…
June 29, 2021
The new Ontario Not-For-Profit Corporations (ONCA) is targetted now to come in later this year
I was in a session with the Ontario government today related to user feedback for the new Ontario Business Registry (OBR). In that session, they…
June 19, 2021
Ontario publishes regulations for new Ontario Not-For-Profit Corporations (ONCA) – will it be brought into force on July 1?
A number of regulations for the new Ontario Not-For-Profit Corporations (ONCA) have been published today in the Ontario Gazette. This raises the…
June 19, 2021
Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations (ECVO) report on Transforming the Non-Profit Community is well worth reading
I recently read a fascinating report from the Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations (ECVO) on Transforming the Non-Profit Community in…
June 18, 2021
T3010 Filing Reminder
CRA recently sent out a reminder to file the T3010. More than half of registered charities have a year end date of December 31st, which means that…
June 9, 2021
How has COVID affected funding of the Canadian charity sector? Part 2 – more data from the T3010
In our note "How has COVID affected funding of the Canadian charity sector Part 2?" we reviewed T3010 data and found amongst the 11,821 registered…
May 31, 2021
Canadian charities giving to Indigenous Charities and Qualified Donees – 2018
In this article Canadian charities giving to Indigenous Charities and Qualified Donees - 2018, Sharon Redsky, Wanda Brascoupe, Mark Blumberg and…
May 30, 2021
Recent webinar on trust based philanthropy from the MLSE Foundation provides lots of food for thought for Canadian foundations
I listened to a webinar recently that I thought was very good entitled: Community Learning Series - Trust-Based Philanthropy Here is a…
May 29, 2021
CRA increasingly emphasizing importance of separation between registered charities and non-qualified donees
In the last couple of weeks I have read two separate CRA notes on the importance of maintaining sufficient separation between a registered charity…
April 29, 2021
Successful finish for Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp 2021 (Online)
On April 21, 2021 we had our Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp 2021. It is the second Boot Camp that we have conducted online and our tenth…
April 29, 2021
Updates to CharityData.ca
We have recently made a number of updates to CharityData.ca. The most important update is including more 2020 and 2019 charity returns. Also, if…