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To gain charity status, organizations must first register with the federal Canadian Revenue Agency under the Income Tax Act. [5] To be eligible for charitable tax status, charities need to provide a public benefit, such as poverty relief or education, [6] and they are limited in their business and political activities, including making profit or engaging in partisan behavior. [7]
The Income Tax Act does not define "charity" and Canada uses a common law definition, namely purposes that fall within the four "heads" of charity: the relief of poverty, the advancement of education, the advancement of religion, [3] or other purposes that benefit the community in a way the courts have said are charitable.
Foundations in Canada are registered charities. Under Canadian law, foundations may be public or private; as of 2021, they made up 12% of all registered charities in Canada. [1] As of March 2021, Canada had 4,961 public foundations and 6,189 private. [1] Canadian foundations collectively comprise a very large asset base for philanthropy.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA; French: Agence du revenu du Canada; ARC) is the revenue service of the Canadian federal government, and most provincial and territorial governments. The CRA collects taxes , administers tax law and policy , and delivers benefit programs and tax credits. [ 4 ]
Charity Intelligence created its "Top 100 Charities" database when an early client donated $40,000 after asking why they didn't already have one. [1] In November 2019, MoneySense magazine used data from Charity Intelligence and from the Canada Revenue Agency to compile its own top 100 charities to donate to in 2020.
It is registered as a charity with the Canada Revenue Agency, under charity number 129482493RR0001. [1] Since 2014, the President and CEO is Jo-Anne Poirier. History
The agency was founded in 1986 as Canadian Feed The Children in the province of British Columbia, Canada.In the early 1990s, the head office moved to Toronto, Ontario, and application was made under the Canada Corporations Act, Part II, [4] to form a corporation without share capital and also to obtain a charitable registration number.
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA, P.L. 95-128, 91 Stat. 1147, title VIII of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977, 12 U.S.C. § 2901 et seq.) is a United States federal law designed to encourage commercial banks and savings associations to help meet the needs of borrowers in all segments of their communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.