Changes Afoot For Charities And Also Non-Profits: Qualifying Disbursements And Charitable Partnerships

Please see at this link my article recently published worldwide in the STEP Journal of October 2022, referring to a new rule passed by Parliament in June 2022 that will allow Canadian registered charities to give monies and resources to non-charity recipients (located in Canada or anywhere else, and including Canadian non-profit organizations commonly referred to as NPOs), so long as the funds are used (for example by the recipient of the funds) in activities that further a charitable purpose of the Canadian charity that gave the monies. The Canadian charity will also have to ensure that the just mentioned criteria are met and will have to maintain sufficient documentation to show that. Simply stated, this is known as the new rule concerning qualifying disbursements for charities (and sometimes referred to as the new charitable partnerships rule), and it seems easier to comply with than the existing "direction and control" rule. (That existing rule continues to exist,