The Charities Directorate has published a quarterly update for the sector, which includes highlights from the past year.

A review of the past year’s updates:

• Updated guidance: Revised guidance CG-029, Relief of poverty and charitable registration, to include updated terminology, information on new rules for making grants to non-qualified donees, and more details and examples on how charities can provide affordable housing
• Improved compliance resources: Updated the Compliance within the charitable sector web page to explain the Charities Directorate’s approach to compliance and feature updated statistics
• Terrorist abuse awareness: Published new resources for Educating charities about the risks of terrorist abuse, including an infographic and detailed checklist
• Improved content: Refreshed many web pages to enhance user experience, simplify language, and ensure up-to-date information on topics such as:
  • Filing a Registered Charity Information Return (T3010)
  • Fundraising for your charitable work 
  • Penalties and suspensions
  • News and events for charities
• Website optimization: Started work to optimize the Charities and giving website to make information easier to find and understand for both the charitable sector and the public

Strengthening transparency and engagement

The Charities Directorate remains committed to sharing more information with the public and the charitable sector about the regulation of charities. Guided by this pledge to openness and transparency, the Charities Directorate:

• engaged with the charitable sector to share regulatory updates and answer questions
• identified and highlighted the top three high-risk areas of non-compliance and the most common non-compliance issues that the Charities Directorate observed in previous fiscal years,
• published the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 editions of the Report on the Charities Program. To view all editions, visit Reports on the Charities Program
• launched the 2024 Call for Applications for Canadians to join the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector
• published Report #4 of the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector. To learn more or view past reports, visit Advisory committee on the charitable sector

Upcoming webinars

The Charities Directorate has two webinars planned for the coming months:

• Completing your T3010 online: A walkthrough for charities
• Registering for your CRA Account: A step-by-step guide for charities

For further information about the Charities Directorate update, click here.