Presentation to APRA Canada Conference on Transparency in the Canadian Charity Sector

I will be presenting to the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (APRA)  on “Transparency in the Canadian Charity Sector – the T3010 and Beyond” on October 10, 2012.

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Transparency in the Canadian Charity Sector – the T3010 and Beyond

Level: General Interest
Transparency in the Canadian Charity Sector – the T3010 and Beyond

Presenters:
Mark Blumberg, Partner, Blumberg Segal LLP

Session Description:
Understanding the T3010 is essential for researchers, grantwriters, and fundraisers. What does the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return tell us about our Canadian charitable sector and charities? What does it ignore? What information on the form tends to be accurate and what less so? In this session, Mark will show how the T3010 is helpful in prospect research. How could the T3010 be improved? What other information can the CRA release on charities beyond the T3010 that could be helpful for researchers? He will also look at information other countries are capturing about their charitable sector that we are missing.
Highlights:
■Limitations of the T3010
■Gaps in charitable reporting despite some transparency in the sector.

Presenters:

Mark Blumberg is a partner at the law firm Blumberg Segal LLP in Toronto and works almost exclusively in the area of Canadian non-profit and charity law. Mark has a BA in Political Science from the University of Toronto, an LLB from the University of British Columbia, and a LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School in Tax Law. Mark is on the Executive of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) National Charities and Not-for-Profit Law Section and is also on the Executive of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) Charity and Non-Profit Law section. Mark is also the editor of http://www.canadiancharitylaw.ca, a Canadian charity law website, and http://www.globalphilanthropy.ca, a Canadian website dedicated to legal and ethical issues for Canadian charities operating abroad.

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Here are some other presentations at the conference:

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