Important links for directors, officers and volunteers

The following links provide charity administrators, and anyone involved with operating a registered charity, easy access to need-to-know information found on the Charities and giving webpages.

Accumulation of funds

• Asking for permission to accumulate property (funds)

Activities

• Activities
• Changing a charity's activities
• Engaging in allowable activities (Checklist)

Associated status

• Asking for associated status

Books and records

• Books and records
• Electronic Record Keeping (Information Circular)
• Financial statements and books and records (recorded webinar)
• Keeping adequate books and records (Checklist)

Business - operating a business

• Business activities
• What is a Related Business?, CPS-019

• What is a related business? (recorded webinar)

Changes

• Advising the Charities Directorate of changes to your charity (Checklist)
• Making changes
• Making requests that require approval

Compliance and audits

• Compliance and audits
• Non-compliance issues and how to avoid them (recorded webinar)

Contact information

• Contact the Charities Directorate

Corporate status of a registered charity

• Changing a charity's legal status
• Advising the Charities Directorate of changes to your charity (Checklist)
• Incorporation documents
• Maintaining the charity's status as a legal entity (Checklist)

Definitions (see Glossary of key terms)

Disbursement quota

• Annual spending requirement (disbursement quota)

Resources for charities and donors

• Resources for charities and donors

Filing requirements (see Registered charity information return)

Foreign activities - registered charities operating outside Canada

• Activities outside Canada (recorded webinar)
• Avoiding terrorist abuse (Checklist)
• Canadian registered charities carrying out activities outside Canada, CG-002
• Charitable activities outside Canada
• Charities in the international context

Forms and publications

• Charities-related forms and publications

Fundraising

• Fundraising activities
• Fundraising by registered charities, CG-013
• Fundraising events, receipting
• S7-F1-C1, Split-receipting and Deemed Fair Market Value
• Third party fundraisers, CPC-026

• Updated fundraising guidance (recorded webinar)

Gifts

• Gifting and receipting (recorded webinar)
• Gifts and Income Tax (Pamphlet P113)
• Gifts out of inventory, CPC-018
• Receiving gifts
• Supporting political activities

Glossary of key terms

• Glossary

Goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax (GST/HST)

• GST/HST (Checklist)

Government contacts

• Provincial and territorial

Information return (see Registered charity information return)

News and updates

• What's new

Policies and guidance

• Policies and guidance about operating a registered charity

Political activities

• Attendance at a Political Fundraising Dinner, CPC-001
• Charities and their participation in political activites (video)
• Political Activities, CPS-022
• Political activities (recorded webinar)
• Political Party's Use of Charity's Premises, CPC-007
• Resources for charities about political activities

Purposes

• Changing a charity's purposes
• Charitable purposes and activities
• How to draft purposes for charitable registration, CG-019
• Model purposes

Questions and answers

• Purposes and activities
• Operating a registered charity
• Political activities

Receipts

• Gifting and receipting (recorded webinar)
• Issuing complete and accurate donation receipts (checklist)
• Issuing receipts
• Official donation receipts by a newly registered charity, CPC-009
• Sample official donation receipts

Registered charity information return (Form T3010)

• Completing Form T3010 (13), Registered charity information return (recorded webinar)
• How to avoid common mistakes when filing your return (T3010 Checklist)
• Completing the registered charity information return (Guide T4033)
• List of companies authorized to produce customized forms
• Registered Charity Information Return (Form T3010)

Registered charity status

• Basic guidelines for maintaining charitable registration (Checklist)
• Consequences of not meeting the obligations of registration
• Obligations of registration

Registration number

• Registration number

Revocation of a charity's registration

• Completing the Tax Return Where Registration of a Charity is Revoked (Guide RC4424)
• Revoking registered status
• Tax Return Where Registration of a Charity is Revoked (Form T2046)

Spending requirement (see Disbursement quota)

Sponsorship

• Sponsorship

Videos and recorded webinars

• Videos and recorded webinars for charities and donors

Date modified:

2016-11-16