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Charity Intelligence Canada is a Toronto-based nonprofit organization which posts assessments of the finances and impacts of Canadian charities on its website. Founded in 2007 by former equity analyst Kate Bahen, using unconventional methodologies drawn from Bahen's stock market background.
To gain charity status, organizations must first register with the federal Canadian Revenue Agency under the Income Tax Act. [5] To be eligible for charitable tax status, charities need to provide a public benefit, such as poverty relief or education, [6] and they are limited in their business and political activities, including making profit or engaging in partisan behavior. [7]
The UNHCR's Mid-Year Trends report of June 2015 (based on information for mid-2015 or latest available information up to that date) reported an "unprecedented" 57,959,702 individuals falling under its mandate (for reference, on 1 January 2007, 21,018,589 people – or less than half of the number in 2015 – fell under the mandate of the UNHCR).
As of March 2021, Canada had 4,961 public foundations and 6,189 private. [1] Canadian foundations collectively comprise a very large asset base for philanthropy. As of 2003, there were over 2,000 active grantmaking foundations in Canada, who had total assets of CA$12.5 billion, with total grants given that year of over $1 billion. In 2018 ...
results reporting (slated to begin rating this dimension in July 2012). [26] After collecting data for more than a year, in September 2011 Charity Navigator launched CN 2.0, which is a two-dimensional rating system that rates a charity's: (1) financial health, and (2) accountability and transparency. [27]
Therefore, all the purposes of the charity must be charitable, not just most purposes. In addition, the organization must be established and resident in Canada. Furthermore, there is a public benefit test: the charity must benefit the public or a sufficient segment of the public to be a registered charity in Canada. [5]
Actua (Canadian charity) Alberta Fish and Game Association; Alzheimer Society of Canada; Amabile Choirs of London, Canada; Amarok Society; Art Canada Institute; ASO (non-profit) Association des Scouts du Canada; Atkinson Foundation
Charity assessment is the process of analysis of the goodness of a non-profit organization in financial terms. [1] Historically, charity evaluators have focused on the question of how much of contributed funds are used for the purpose(s) claimed by the charity, while more recently some evaluators have placed an emphasis on the cost effectiveness (or impact) of charities.