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Not-for-Profits and Charities

1. What is a Non-profit?

2. Can Expenses be paid?

3. Are all Non-profits the same?

4. What are the contractual or legislative restrictions?

5. What is a charity?

6. Who regulates Non-profits?

7. Are there things that Non-profits should not do?

 

Liability: The General Part

1. What is liability?

2. What are the sources of liability

3. What kinds of liabilities can arise under Contract?

4. What kinds of liability can arise under Statute?

5. What kinds of liabilities can arise under Tort?

6. What does Limited Liability mean?

7. What about the personal liability of directors?

8. What is the role of insurance?

9. Can insurance be purchased to cover all kinds of liability?

10. What else can be done?

Liability Unique to Non-Profits and Charities

1. Is liability for non-profits and charities any different?

2. Why look to statutes?

3. But what Acts apply to my organization?

4. Under what Act is your organization incorporated?

5. Are there other liabilities under incorporation statutes?

6. What are returns under the Income Tax Act ?

7. Other liabilities under the Income Tax Act?

8. Does the Employment Standards Code apply?

9. What does the Charitable Fund-raising Act cover?

10. How do non-profits and charities keep track of their liabilities?

Charitable Status

1. How does an organization become a charity?

2. Why should an organization become a charity?

3. What are some of the other rules?

4. Are there different kinds of charities?

5. What is a charitable organization?

6. What is arm's length?

7. What are qualified donees?

8. What is a gift?

9. What is a revocation?

10. Further References

Registered Charities: Advocacy and Political Activities

1. Why is it so difficult for charities to speak out for what they believe?

2. What are the general rules?

3. What does political mean in charity law?

4. But surely some of this kind of activity is allowed?

5. What is a Partisan Political Activity?

6. What is the 10% Rule?

7. But what if advocating changes to conditions will further my charity's purposes?

8. What would be an acceptable political activity?

9. But what about getting a request from some level of government to comment on laws and policies?

10. So how does all this affect the disbursement quota?


 

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