January 13, 2020
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.…
January 5, 2020
CRA releases application form for qualified Canadian journalism organizations
The CRA on December 20, 2019, put out a press release on their incentives relating to journalism. As well CRA has released the T625 Application for…
December 20, 2019
Blumbergs’ Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp 2020
Blumbergs is pleased to announce that we will be hosting Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp again on Monday April 20, 2020. An easy enough…
December 18, 2019
Mormon church has US$100 billion dollar fund and questions asked about it.
The Washington Post recently had an article entitled "Mormon Church has misled members on $100 billion tax-exempt investment fund, whistleblower…
December 18, 2019
Another exposé on super wealthy using DAFs in a way that raises lots of questions
There was recently an article in VOX entitled "Google’s Larry Page gave $400 million in Christmas donations. Not a penny went straight to charity.…
December 5, 2019
Church of Atheism of Central Canada v. CRA – atheism is not a religion for Canadian charity purposes
A recent Federal Court of Appeal case Church of Atheism of Central Canada v. Canada (National Revenue) deals with a group promoting atheism who…
December 1, 2019
CRA’s Top Five Audit Issues
If you have ever wondered what are some of the most common findings CRA has when it audits charities well here is the "Top Five Audit Issues":…
November 13, 2019
Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation is for now a qualified donee in Canada
There is a list called "foreign charities that have received a gift from Her Majesty in right of Canada". As the name suggests a group that gets a…
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
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 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 15, 2019
CRA Sending Out T3010 Reminders
CRA is now sending out reminders to registered charities to file their T3010s on time. This 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…
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 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…