Not-for-Profit and Charity Law

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This website is copyrighted to LawNow (1998), but may be copied for educational use by not-for-profit and charitable groups.

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Muttart Foundation, Alberta Community Development, and the Canada Revenue Agency.

DISCLAIMER

The Not-for-Profit & Charity Law website is a project of the Legal Resource Centre. The LRC gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance of the Alberta Law Foundation.

Updated: Aug 2007

Welcome! This site provides information on not-for-profit, non-profit, and charity management; liability; directors, volunteers, and employees; fund-raising law; and tax law.

Information is presented through the LawNow Reprint series and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Links to other not-for-profits, charities, foundations, and volunteer sites. Opportunities for discussion are also included.

Please let us know what else would be useful to your group!

Resources

Charity Law Bibliography
LawNow Reprint Series
Frequently Asked Questions
Links
Search for a Registered Charity
Giving to Charity: Information for Donors
Charitable Giving: be a wise donor.

Selected Nonprofit News Release Sources

-Imagine Canada -Volunteer Canada -Volunteer Alberta -Charity Village
-Voluntarygateway.ca -Nonprofitscan.ca -Newswire -The Muttart Foundation
-Charities Newsletter (Canada Revenue Agency) -Canada Volunteerism Initiative

2008

Charity Central is a three year pan-Canadian project funded by Canada Revenue Agency to support Registered Charities under the Income Tax Act in meeting the requirements for issuing donation receipts, maintaining proper books and records and fundraising. This project will result in a range of new learning resources in a variety of formats for the staff and volunteers of Registered Charities. In Alberta, Charity Central will operate a telephone Helpline to provide information and referral for Registered Charities.

2007

Alberta - Bill 1 Lobbyists Act
Report commissioned from the Legal Resource Centre by the Muttart Foundation to examine the bills implications for not-for-profit organizations in Alberta

Canada Revenue Agency - Tax Filing Alert
Canada Revenue Agency - Gifts and Income Tax

Canadian Charities are regulated by the Canada Revenue Agency.
See the Charities Directorate for advice and searchable list of registered charities.