[Update – We are delighted to have over 65 people/organizations attend the webinar “Successfully Funding First Nations Communities in Canada in Compliance with CRA Guidance”  Here is an archived version of the presentation:  https://ocsa.webex.com/ocsa/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=8543797&act=pb&rKey=7ae8d62d96563d62   Also here is a shortlink if the long link does not work:  http://ow.ly/90e1N Here is a copy of the presentation in PDF of Successfully funding First Nations communities in Canada in compliance with CRA guidance]

On February 9, 2012 I will be delivering a webinar entitled “Successfully funding First Nations communities in Canada in compliance with CRA guidance” along with The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, Canadian Environmental Grantmakers’ Network and the Charity Law Information Program.

Topic:  Successfully Funding First Nations Communities in Canada in Compliance with CRA Guidance
Starting time:  1:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00) On: February 9th at 1:00 ET

Duration:  1 hour
Presenters:  Mark Blumberg
Description:  The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, Canadian Environmental Grantmakers’ Network and the Charity Law Information Program present a webinar: Successfully funding First Nations communities in Canada in compliance with CRA guidance.
Moderated by: Ruth Richardson, Founder Small Change Fund
Featuring: Mark Blumberg, Charity lawyer and Editor, www.canadiancharitylaw.ca.
In 2009, a survey of Philanthropic Foundations of Canada members and Circle members identified that of the $3.5 million in grants currently made for work in First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, about two thirds of that amount was awarded to the non-aboriginal organizations working within these communities, and only one-third to the communities themselves. How can we increase philanthropy in First Nations Inuit and Métis communities? Join Mark Blumberg in a conversation about:
? Effectively funding qualified donees
? Important differences between funding qualified and non-qualified donees
? CRA’s new guidance “Using an Intermediary to Carry out a Charity’s Activities within Canada” with practical examples of permissible structured relationships
? Ideas for doing good that do not involve charities
? Opportunity for questions and answers.
Mark Blumberg is a partner at the law firm of Blumberg Segal LLP in Toronto and works primarily in the areas of non-profit and charity law.
The Circle will be hosting a series of networking and learning opportunities focusing on giving, sharing and philanthropy in First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities in Canada. Please consider joining to receive membership discounts (http://philanthropyandaboriginalpeoples.ca/membership/membership-guidelines/).
The Canadian Enviromental GrantMakers’ Network
http://www.cegn.org/
The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
http://philanthropyandaboriginalpeoples.ca/
Host’s name:  Capacity Builders
Host’s email:  info@capacitybuilders.ca