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Charities Partnership and Outreach Program
Overview
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) registers qualifying organizations as charities, gives technical advice on operating a charity, and handles audit and compliance activities.
Registered charities are required to file an annual return with the CRA and must meet certain requirements of the Income Tax Act concerning their expenditures and activities.
The Charities Partnership and Outreach Program is designed to provide funding to registered charities and non-profit organizations in Canada to develop and deliver innovative education and training on compliance to registered charities.
Charities Partnership and Outreach Program Objectives
The overall objective of the Program is to increase compliance by the charitable sector with relevant parts of the Income Tax Act. The main objectives of the Program are to:
- raise awareness among the charitable sector of regulatory obligations under the Income Tax Act;
- increase the capacity of the charitable sector in meeting regulatory compliance requirements in a sustainable fashion; and
- improve the capacity of the sector to develop and deliver sustainable compliance-based education programs.
Funding priorities for 2006 to 2008
The funding priorities for the 2006 to 2008 fiscal years 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.
Available funding
Funding under this Program is limited to $500,000 per project, per year (April 1 to March 31), with multi-year projects being limited to a maximum of three years. Funding is limited, and not all eligible projects may be funded. Preference will be given to project proposals that are likely to succeed in achieving concrete results and be of the greatest benefit to registered charities.
Funding submissions are accepted through calls for applications only. A funding guide has been prepared for organizations interested in applying. It contains the eligibility criteria for funding, information about the application process, an application form, a sample budget, a glossary of terms, and an application checklist.
Applicants may apply for funding for one or both of the funding priorities. However, a separate funding application must be completed and submitted for each funding priority.
For more information, contact:
Charities Partnership and Outreach Program Analyst
Charities Directorate
Canada Revenue Agency
Place de Ville "A"
320 Queen Street
Ottawa ON K1A 0L5
Telephone: 1-866-816-7604
email: CPOP-PAPDOB@cra-arc.gc.ca
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Date modified: 2006-10-27 |
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