Chloe Hillier
Program Coordinator |  |
Conducting
a search of the Canada Revenue Agency’s Charities Directorate website can be a
useful tool for non-profits seeking to expand their lists of potential funders
and offers a wealth of information on Canadian grant-making foundations and on
charities as a whole.
- Go to the CRA “Charities” section at: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/chrts/menu-eng.html
- Click on: Search our online list
This will take you to a new page where you can
search the charities database for a specific charity by any of the following
categories:
- Charity
Listing (Canadian Registered Charities, Newly Registered Charities, Recently
Revoked Charities, Recent Annulments)
- Charity Name
- City
- Province
- Postal Code
- Designation (Public Foundation, Private Foundation, Charitable Organization)
- Category Code (Category codes are assigned by the CRA Charities
Directorate and are used for internal statistical purposes only. These internally generated codes
attempt to classify charities according to their main or stated purposes and
also to gather statistics on similar types of organizations.)
- B/N Registration Number
Once you have entered your search parameters and
have selected a charity to review in depth, you can view the charities assets,
the amount the charity donated to other charities in a given fiscal year, and a
listing of the organizations the charity has made donations to.
- From the “Canadian
Registered Charities - Detail Page” which lists basic information about the
charity, click
on the link at the bottom of the page that reads: Registered
Charity Information Return
- You will be taken to a new page
with links to Registered Charity Information Returns. Unless the charity you have selected is new,
you will see links to several years’ worth of returns. Select the most recent year.
- Click
on the link for Section
C. Programs and General Information
Section C11 lists whether or not
the charity has made gifts to other charities (i.e. qualified donees).
If it has, you will have the
option to click on the link Gifts
to Qualified Donees which will allow you to view what organizations the
charity has supported. Now that you have established
whether or not the charity in question provides funding
to other organizations and if their giving history indicates an interest in
your area, you can review the charity’s financial information to assess their
potential level of giving. Return to the Registered
Charity Information Return page. - Click
on the link for Section
E. Financial Information
E2 provides details on the
charity’s financial
assets.
- Scroll
down to section E3, line 5050 which lists the
total amount of charitable
donations made by the organization during that
fiscal year. In assessing the charity’s
potential as a donor for your organization, it may also be useful to know who
is on their board of directors.
- To
find out who is on the charity’s board, go to section B. Section
B1 lists whether or not the charity has provided a list of their board of
directors. If they have, you can click
on the link Directors/Trustees
and Like Officials to view the listing.
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