The CRA released today their Report on the Charities Program 2016 to 2018. They note: “We made the report shorter by reducing the amount of text and added more visuals. The report is now easier to understand and has a more modern look.” There is far less information in this report than previously provided which is unfortunate. Although with all the crazy changes Finance is coming up with on political activities I am surprised that CRA had the time to prepare this report at all.
Here are some of the items that I thought were interesting from the report:
Here is a chart with revenues and expenditures over the last 25 years. It shows a huge increase in the revenue and expenditures of the registered charity sector.
The information on this page focuses on data collected over a 25 year period beginning in 1990, the earliest year for which a complete set of figures is available. Revenue and expenditures are as reported by charities on their T3010 annual returns and have been adjusted for inflation as of 2015.
Over 25 years, the total revenue and total expenditures of the charitable sector increased steadily.
Bar chart – Total revenue and expenditures of charities (in billion dollars)
Year Revenue Expenditures
1990 60.8 57.2
1991 66.3 63.2
1992 73.0 70.6
1993 84.4 80.0
1994 87.6 83.8
1995 91.7 87.7
1996 106.0 104.8
1997 104.6 99.4
1998 114.1 105.1
1999 139.4 123.2
2000 132.3 127.9
2001 138.0 134.1
2002 146.3 152.8
2003 158.4 164.4
2004 168.0 163.4
2005 178.5 167.4
2006 190.4 177.4
2007 199.2 185.2
2008 201.2 195.7
2009 212.4 206.2
2010 226.0 209.4
2011 226.1 219.1
2012 235.3 229.4
2013 245.2 233.4
2014 248.7 237.9
2015 251.1 240.1
Charitable applications received were down from 2016/2017 compared to 2017/2018 and so were successful charitable registrations.
Telephone inquiries were down by about 8000 from 2016/2017 compared to 2017/2018. Maybe with the reduction in phone booths across the country and the ability to call on a truly anonymous basis the number of calls to CRA has declined!
It is interesting that 5,165 charities requested adjustments to their T3010s which is far more than I would have thought but it shows that charities are starting to realize that it is vital to accurately file the T3010. Consequences for the inaccurate filing of the T3010 include suspension of receipting privileges amongst other outcomes.
Here is a link to the Report on the Charities Program 2016 to 2018 (HTML) and the PDF version
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