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- PBO report on costing for proposal for donated private shares and real estate
The PBO just released a report on a private member’s bill, Bill C-256, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (donations involving private corporation shares or real estate). The PBO report notes “This private member’s bill would amend the Income Tax Act so that charitable donations of the cash proceed … Read more »
- New Course – Should you agree to be a director or board member of a Canadian non-profit or registered charity?
There are over 600,000 directors of Canadian charities alone. There are many more people in Canada who serve on the boards of non-profits that are not charities. Non-profits and registered charities need to have directors who are capable, caring, connected for these sectors to operate properly. Th … Read more »
- CBC “Pandemic tests limits of religious freedom as churches set to fight B.C.’s COVID-19 rules in court”
The CBC’s Jason Proctor wrote an article today on “Pandemic tests limits of religious freedom as churches set to fight B.C.’s COVID-19 rules in court: Group of churches claims public health measures unfairly target religious gatherings“. It quotes Mark Blumberg and CRA on the importance of register … Read more »
- CRA provides additional information on foreign activities by Canadian charities
After years of seeing less and less transparency about registered charities in Canada coming from the CRA, for various reasons, we now have one improvement from CRA in terms of disclosure about foreign activities. I want to commend them for making this change and hopefully after the WE Charity scan … Read more »
- Going the Extra Mile: The Liability of Foreignness in U.S. Foundation International Grantmaking to Local NGOs
I recently ran across a very good article entitled: “Going the Extra Mile: The Liability of Foreignness in U.S. Foundation International Grantmaking to Local NGOs”. It was written by three US professors namely Carrie R. Oelberger, Jesse Lecy, and Simon Y. Shachter. Essentially for a number of reas … Read more »