Summary Policy

Date
June 30, 2005

Reference Number
CSP - E11

Key Words
Ethnocultural - Ethnoracial - Ethno-specific - Immigrant - Multi-ethnic - Refugee - Settlement

Policy Statement

Organizations that provide assistance to an ethnocultural community or communities, or that educate the public about a particular culture, can qualify for registration as a charity. These organizations can qualify under any of the four recognized categories of charitable purposes.

It may be acceptable for these organizations to limit services to a particular ethnocultural or grouping of ethnocultural communities. However, under the category of charitable purposes known as "other purposes beneficial to the community", an organization can only restrict access to its programs or services to a specific group if the reasons for doing so are justified by the purposes.

References

• Charitable Purposes, CSP-C01.
• Immigrants, CSP-I05.
• Public Benefit, CSP-P06.
• Racial Equality, CSP-R23.
• Applicants Assisting Ethnocultural Communities, CPS-023.
• Registering Charities that Promote Racial Equality, CPS-021.