Running and Maintaining a Federal Non-Profit Corporation under the CNCA

Whether you are a non-profit or charity, if you are a CNCA corporation, you have certain obligations to comply with

There are about 47,000 federal non-profit corporations under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”). About 25% of them are registered charities and the rest are not registered charities.

This course will focus on the corporate aspects of having a non-profit under the CNCA. This will be applicable to both non-profits and registered charities, but it will not cover the Income Tax Act (Canada) regulatory requirements for either non-profits or registered charities.

This course covers:

• Different Non-Profit Types
• How Do You Know That You are Under the CNCA?
• Background on the CNCA
• Governing Documents
• Organizing Documents
• Members, Directors and Officers
• By-laws
• Operating Under the CNCA
• Soliciting Corporations vs. Non-soliciting
• CNCA Filing Obligations
• AGMs
• What is new?
• The recent dissolution of over 10,000 CNCA corporations
• CRA Filing Obligations (NPO vs. Charity)
• Biggest Mistakes

This 90-minute course is for directors, officers, employees and volunteers with CNCA corporations. It is not intended for groups that are provincial non-profits, such as the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (“ONCA”) or Alberta Societies, etc.

Host or Publisher Blumberg Segal LLP