Exploration of Canada Revenue Agency Website
Charities DirectorateMain page for Charities Directorate within the Canada Revenue Agencies site. This is where you can conduct a search for specific charities within Canada.
Annual Filing of T3010Information on the requirments and process of filing a T3010 form, the annual filing requirement for Canadian charities
Application ChecklistEvery application for registration as a charity must be complete before it can be reviewed. To make sure you have included all the required documents and that your application is complete, CRA has developed a handy checklist.
Charitable ActivitiesGuidelines for certain activities such as business, political, social, fundraising, and gifting to non-qualified donees.
Charitable ReceiptingWhat you need to know to issue a receipt. Consequences of improper receipting. Determining fair market value. Split receipting. Sample receipts.
Governing DocumentsAll registered charities must be legally established by one of the following types of governing documents: incorporation documents, a constitution or a trust document. Here CRA outlines the requirements for these Governing Documents
Model ObjectsThe Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) determines whether or not an organization qualifies as a charity at law by applying the common law: that is court decisions. Here CRA provide an examples of organizational objects that deemed to be charitable are provided.
Notifying CRA of changesHow to change the name, address, contact person, legal status, purpose, activities, and bylaws of a registered charity.
UncharitableFactors that will prevent an organization from being registered as a charity.
Canada Revenue Agency Funded Projects
Atlantic Charities Learning ExchangeA learning community to exchange resources and support mentoring for small and rural charities in the four Atlantic provinces. Compliance needs of small and rural charities are assessed and reflected in telelearning sessions. An inventory of mentors will be developed and promoted.
CharityCentralA website designed by the Legal Resource Centre of Alberta to help Canada's Registered Charities understand their responsibilities under the Income Tax Act.
Charity Filing GuideA website designed by Mount Royal University to help small and rural registered charities complete the T3010B Registered Charity Information Return and meet their obligations to CRA.
Charity Law Education ProjectThe Charity Law Education Project assists Canadian international development charities with overseas activities, by enhancing their capacity to increase compliance with Income Tax Act requirements.
Charity Law Information Program (CLIP)CLIP is a project of Capacity Builders, Ontario providing assistance to Canadian charities to become more aware of their legal obligations under the Income Tax Act.
Charity Tax ToolsA website developed by Imagine Canada to help registered charities understand what they must do in order to meet Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requirements. Contains information on the basic legal requirements for all Canadian charities that are registered with CRA and entitled to issue tax receipts for charitable donations.
Compliance in the Disability Charity SectorA new initiative designed to help disability-sector organizations meet tax requirements more effectively. This project seeks to contact more than one hundred existing or aspiring charities across Canada and provide them with tools and presentations to help them work through tax and compliance issues.
ÉducaloiProvide legal information capsules and a toolbox to help organizations to improve their level of knowledge of the requirements and obligations related to charitable status, as well as alternatives to registration, before they make an application to register as a charity.
The Charities FileA website developed by the Canadian Federation of Voluntary Sector Networks and the Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development is dedicated to supporting Board members of small and rural charitable organizations across Canada to assist with annual compliance reporting to Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).