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AFP eWire May 2, 2005	Reminder: Canadian Charities Must Use Different Information Return Form in 2005 The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is revising Form T30101A, the Registered Charity Information Return, for fiscal periods that began after March 22, 2004.
AFP eWire May 29, 2007	Canadian Charities Can Now Complete Annual Returns Online Registered charities can now use fillable forms to complete their annual returns and attachments online at the Canada Revenue Agency website, although the forms must still be submitted to the agency via regular mail.
AFP eWire February 14, 2005	Canadian Charitable Receipts Must Include CRA Information Receipts for contributions issued by registered charities in Canada must now include the name and website address of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
AFP eWire July 24, 2013 Yvonne Chenier	CRA Helps Canadians Find The Right Charity In 2012 the Canada Revenue Agency Charities Directorate created "quick view," a graphic display of the information presented by a charity on its annual T3010 form. Now, the CRA is tweeting about this quick-view presentation of information.
AFP eWire September 16, 2013	Canada Revenue Agency -- Toolbox for Directors, Officers and Volunteers In an effort to help registered charities understand and meet their requirements and obligations, the Charities Directorate has assembled a page of key resources for directors, officers and volunteers.
AFP eWire July 25, 2005	Canada Revenue Agency Provides 2004 "Annual Report" The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), the agency most responsible for oversight of the charitable sector, has released facts and figures about its activities in 2004.
AFP eWire January 8, 2007	Canadian Charitable Sector Continues to Grow As of December 2005, the number of registered charities in Canada, including public and private foundations, numbered 82,243 according to recent data released by the Canada Revenue Agency.
AFP eWire January 15, 2007	New Web Resource for Canadian Donors The Canada Revenue Agency has developed a new online resource that provides a wealth of data to donors about registered charities, regulations, donation receipts and tips on wise giving.
AFP eWire May 23, 2005	New Charity Regulations Now in Effect Several new regulatory changes, including a series of new penalties for charities that are in non-compliance with Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) rules, came into force when Bill C-33 received Royal Assent on May 13, 2005.
AFP eWire October 17, 2005	CRA Distributes Information on Tax, Regulatory Changes The Canada Revenue Agency has developed an on-line pamphlet to help educate charities about new tax and regulatory changes that affect the voluntary sector.
AFP eWire February 12, 2014	New Canadian Budget Supports Online Charity Registration, Modernization of Lotteries Budget 2014, introduced yesterday, includes a number of measures impacting Canada's charities.
AFP eWire February 11, 2008	CRA Seeking Input on Research as a Charitable Activity The Canada Revenue Agency is asking for comments and feedback on a proposed set of guidelines addressing the legal and administrative requirements a registered charity is expected to fulfill in order to conduct or fund research as a charitable activity.
AFP eWire May 30, 2006	AFP Submits Additional Comments on Do-Not-Call List In response to continuing concerns from the Canada Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, AFP has submitted additional testimony regarding the implementation of a national do-not-call list and how it will impact charities.
AFP eWire April 16, 2007	CRA Warns Charities on Tax Shelters The Canada Revenue Agency has ongoing, serious concerns about these abusive arrangements, and registered charities should be aware that participating in such arrangements can jeopardize their charitable status or expose them to monetary penalties.
AFP eWire January 28, 2008	Canadian Giving Strong as Charity Growth Slows While Canadian giving has experienced strong growth over the first five years of the decade, the number of new charities being formed has slowed considerably and the majority of gifts are given to the largest organizations.
AFP eWire February 4, 2014	What Canadian Donors Want: Information, Impact and to Help Those in Need More Canadians than ever are knowledgeable about charities and researching before they give, but many are not sure about the impact their gifts are having, according to a new survey.
AFP eWire April 3, 2012	New Survey Looks at How Charities Are (And Are Not) Connecting With Donors in Canada Donors may surprise charities in some of the priorities they emphasize in their interactions with charities, according to What Canadian Donors Want, a new survey conducted by AFP of more than 1,000 donors across the country.
AFP eWire December 13, 2011 Mark Blumberg	What Should Fundraising Cost? While most in the nonprofit sector are aware that fundraising is necessary, much of the public at large sees it as a distraction from a charity's main purpose, rather than a function requiring investment.
AFP eWire March 20, 2012	Canadians Agree That Charities are Important to Society Canadians may be internationally known for our pleasant demeanour, but don't get us started on our national pastime of hockey or on how our nonprofits should be run; we have strong opinions about both.
AFP eWire July 12, 2004	CRA Creates New Help Resource for Canadian Charities The new position within the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will assist charities with issues or questions that cannot be dealt with through normal channels.
AFP eWire November 6, 2006	Trust in Canadian Charities, Fundraising Remains Strong Nearly four out of five Canadians trust charities, and leaders of charities are some of the most trusted people in the country, according to the Muttart Foundation's survey of public attitudes about the charitable sector.
AFP eWire October 16, 2004	Canadians More Confident in Charities Than Americans According to a recent survey, Canadians remain extremely confident in the charities that serve them, although a large majority feels that a national charity watchdog organization should be created.
AFP eWire April 29, 2015	Canada: Federal Budget Includes Key Giving, Charity Provisions Pushed by Charities, Fundraisers AFP will be discussing provisions with Members of Parliament and calling on its members, as well as all charities across Canada, to contact their MPs to support these important philanthropic proposals.
AFP eWire March 28, 2005	AFP Requests Meeting with Minister of Finance Over Quota Changes Canadian Bill C-33 proposes the most significant changes to the laws relating to charities in over 20 years. The most significant concern regarding Bill C-33 is that it introduces significant changes to the calculation of the disbursement quota for registered charities.
AFP eWire November 1, 2011	Ottawa to Review How it Finances Charities Parliament recently announced that it intends to look closely at how the federal government finances charities and may institute changes to traditional grants.
AFP eWire July 31, 2006	Improving Support for Small- and Medium-Size Canadian Charities A new report recommends reducing government burdens, investing in new research and providing tax measures to encourage investment as ways to support the work of small- and medium-size charities in Canada.
AFP eWire May 12, 2008	AFP Seeks to Exempt Charities From Do-Not-Call List Fees The Canadian Parliament specifically exempted charities from the do-not-call list, and calls made by or on behalf of charities are not subject to the list and its accompanying regulations.
AFP eWire May 25, 2010	Imagine Canada Officially Endorses Donor Bill of Rights Earlier this year, the Imagine Canada board endorsed the Donor Bill of Rights as had been proposed by Imagine Canada's Ethical Code Committee.
AFP eWire May 14, 2007	Are Special Events Inefficient? Recent research about special events and their apparent ineffectiveness for charities has already been criticized for both its methodology and its conclusions.
AFP eWire June 14, 2004	Canadian Charities Asked to Contact CRTC by June 18! This is the deadline for submitting comments to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) regarding the impact that its new telemarketing regulations will have on fundraising.
AFP eWire December 5, 2005	Finance Canada Recommends Withdrawal of "Due Diligence" Requirements In response to comments from philanthropic organizations, Finance Canada has recommended to the Minister of Finance that the proposed "due diligence" requirements, Section 248(40) of the recent tax technical bill, be withdrawn.
AFP eWire October 29, 2007	Charity Leaders Discuss Media Coverage: Is Public Confidence Being Eroded? More than 200 charity leaders gathered recently in Toronto to discuss the state of media reporting on accountability, transparency and regulation of the charitable sector.
AFP eWire March 3, 2008	Most Canadian Businesses Support Charity An overwhelming percentage of Canadian businesses provide support to charities in some manner, according to a new report by Imagine Canada.
AFP eWire May 29, 2006	Canadian Executives Support Charity, But Don't Feel Need to Contribute More A new poll of Canadian business leaders shows that a majority has favorable views of charities and their work, but don't believe they need to support them more than they do already.
AFP eWire July 13, 2011	AFP Responds to Canada's MoneySense Charity Rankings MoneySense, a personal finance magazine in Canada, has released its second annual Charity 100, a ranking of 100 charities based mostly on fundraising costs, along with governance and transparency.
AFP eWire February 23, 2004	Do-Not-Call List Wins in Court A major challenge to the legality of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) National Do-Not-Call Registry was rejected by a federal court last week, leaving the list in place and operational.
AFP eWire November 8, 2004	Canadian Giving Reaches Record High Charitable giving by individuals in Canada reached $6.5 billion in 2003, the highest level ever reported.
AFP eWire June 24, 2014	Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) Charities have been concerned that some of their activities that generate significant funds for the organization would not be exempt from CASL or Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation2.
AFP eWire May 20, 2015	Parliament Hill Day Builds Trust, Sets Stage for Future Advocacy A variety of nonprofit organizations and associations, including AFP, participated in the first Hill Day in Ottawa to educate Parliament about the importance of Canada's charitable sector and the impact it has upon society.
AFP eWire September 8, 2014	AFP's Response to National Post Article on Policing of Political Activities of Charities The charitable tax designation and the tax credit bind together the interests and concerns of all of us in the betterment of our society.
AFP eWire July 3, 2006	Regional and Subsector Data Now Available for Canadian Charities A large amount of data from a new nonprofit survey have been released in the form of regional and subsector profiles and fact sheets that cover: Alberta, Atlantic Canada, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the Territories, Ontario, and Quebec.
AFP eWire February 21, 2005	Manitoba the Most Generous Province, Again For the fifth consecutive year, Manitoba is Canada's most generous province, according to the 2004 Generosity Index, released by The Fraser Institute.
AFP eWire September 16, 2013	Sector Monitor -- So Where Are We Now? According to the July edition of Imagine Canada's Sector Monitor, charity leaders are not as pessimistic about the future as they were in the past couple of years, yet they continue to be challenged by a variety of financial and organizational pressures.
AFP eWire February 2, 2011	Use of Donated Funds Most Common Ethical Challenge for Fundraisers Ensuring that charities use funds in a manner consistent with their mission and the intention of their donors is the most common ethical challenge that fundraisers face, according to a new website poll by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
AFP eWire April 28, 2008	Keeping Up With Recent Tax Law Changes A recent article offers some helpful reminders for fundraisers and donors alike for navigating tax deductions for charitable gifts.
AFP eWire October 17, 2005	Public Confidence in Charities Remains Low, Study Says A new survey reveals that nearly one-third of Americans have little or no confidence in charities, while two-thirds believe that charities waste a great deal or fair amount of money.
AFP eWire September 16, 2013	Countdown to Canada's GivingTuesday 2013 A national day of giving and volunteering called GivingTuesday will start in Canada this Dec. 3, 2013. Following a successful start last year in the US, Canada's own GivingTuesday will leverage media buzz to promote a nation-wide day of giving.
AFP eWire April 9, 2007	IRS to Require Electronic Filing for Small Charities In 2008, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will begin requiring small charities, many of which previously were not required to file tax returns, to submit an annual electronic notice.
AFP eWire August 13, 2014 Lisa MacDonald	Research: Social Enterprise: Potential Impact on Nonprofit Growth and Sustainability Social Enterprise has the potential to dramatically change Canada's nonprofit sector and its ability to grow and provide programs.
AFP eWire December 11, 2006	Aging Canadian Population to Dramatically Alter Charitable Landscape The aging baby boomer generation and shifting demographics may lead to a golden age for philanthropy in Canada, but also may create many challenges, according to a new report.