Call for applications

The Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is calling for applications for the Charities Partnership and Outreach Program. The overall objective of the Program is to increase compliance by the charitable sector with relevant parts of the Income Tax Act.

Funding is available to registered charities and non-profit organizations in Canada to support activities associated with developing, delivering, and evaluating innovative education and training projects on regulatory compliance in the charitable sector. This approach will facilitate partnerships with the sector. It will also provide time-limited financial support to build the capacity to educate the sector beyond the funding period.

For the 2006 to 2008 fiscal years, the funding priorities are:

1. Conducting foreign activities in compliance with a charity's obligations under the Income Tax Act:

Increasingly, registered charities are conducting some of their charitable activities internationally. As charitable activities are conducted beyond Canadian borders, a number of control or compliance issues may arise that could result in a charity being non-compliant with respect to its obligations under the Income Tax Act.

2. Fundraising, receipting, and maintaining books and records in compliance with a charity's obligations under the Income Tax Act:

Fundraising, issuing receipts for donations, and maintaining books and records are some of the activities of registered charities where there is a potential for non-compliance with their obligations under the Income Tax Act.

Proposals aimed at clarifying, educating, and providing tools or training to charities to help them ensure or improve compliance with their obligations will be considered for possible funding. Only applications designed to address one of the funding priorities will be considered by the CRA. Preference may be given to projects that are national in scope.

See the Funding Guide and Application for information on applying for project funding under this Program. The guide includes information about the objectives of the Program, funding eligibility, how to complete the application, and the review process, as well as the application form and a list of required supporting documents.

Applications must be received or postmarked by December 22, 2006. Late applications will not be considered.