Which Canadian Registered Charities Spent Money on “Political Activities” and How Much Did They Spend in 2012?
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www.globalphilanthropy.ca Which Canadian Registered Charities Spent Money on “political activities” and how much did they spend in 2012? By Mark Blumberg (September 6, 2014) We recently reviewed the T3010 information for 2012. The database was prepared by the Charities Directorate of CRA in June 2014 and covers about 85,477 charities which is almost all of the 2012 T3010 returns. Canadian registered charities were required to disclose on the 2012 T3010 “Did the Charity Carry on Political Activities During the Fiscal Year?” (line 2400) and “Enter the Total Amount spent by the Charity on these activities” (line 5000) Please review my caveats at the end about the reliability and usage of T3010 information. Also we have prepared a detailed article which discusses the unreliability of answers to the political questions on the T3010 entitled How accurate are the T3010 charity returns when it comes to political activities?: http://www.canadiancharitylaw.ca/index.php/blog/comments/how_accurate_are_the_t3010_registered_charity_information_returns/ Here is a list of Canadian registered charities that identified they carry on political activities with their legal name, the province that the charity is based in, whether they carried on political activities, the total amount spent by the charity on political activities, the total amount spent on charitable/admin/fundraising and total expenditures. The total amount declared by charities on their T3010 that they spent on political activities is approximately $21,983,000. Therefore, it is just shy of $22 million. To put that in perspective the charity sector spent over $220 billion in 2012 and for every $1,000 it spent on charitable activities it spent $1 on political activities. 1 www.globalphilanthropy.ca Here are some articles that we have written over the last couple of years dealing with Canadian charities and political activities that may provide some context: Focus by media on CRA political activity audits - some preliminary thoughts New blog on Political Activities and Canadian charities Andrew Coyne: “Problem with charities isn’t their politics, it’s their generous tax credit” Partial Glimpse at 2013 T3010 Filings Dealing with Political Activities by Canadian Charities Charity Commission forces “environmental” charity to set up campaigning arm Further T3010 descriptions of political activities by Canadian registered charities Political activities self-assessment tool CRA releases new T3010 (13) for registered charities with fiscal year ends after January 1, 2013 CRA updates Guidance on Political Activities for Canadian registered charities (CPS-022) Which Canadian Charities Spent Money on “political activities” and how much did they spend (2011) How accurate are the T3010 charity returns when it comes to political activities? 2 www.globalphilanthropy.ca Political Canadian Charity Provin Activities Charitable Management Total # City ce Y/N Political Total Revenue Programs and Admin Fundraising Expenditures DUCKS UNLIMITED 1. CANADA/CANARDS ILLIMITES STONE CANADA WALL MB Y $3,514,417.00 $88,780,855.00 $65,630,849.00 $1,763,467.00 $16,932,615.00 $87,841,348.00 WORLD VISION CANADA-VISION MISSISS 2. MONDIALE CANADA AUGA ON Y $1,987,929.00 $399,402,571.00 $319,400,511.00 $20,533,728.00 $54,827,710.00 $400,203,813.00 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY OF 3. CANADA / SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DE TORONT LA SCLÉROSE EN PLAQUES O ON Y $1,567,584.00 $52,306,856.00 $26,071,025.00 $3,497,759.00 $20,533,335.00 $51,669,703.00 TORONT 4. THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA O ON Y $918,450.00 $41,558,000.00 $36,505,433.00 $4,060,962.00 $1,943,968.00 $53,207,000.00 UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL OF CANADA TORONT 5. INC O ON Y $910,570.00 $50,780,016.00 $51,132,887.00 $5,100,762.00 $652,373.00 $57,947,579.00 CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY / MONTR 6. SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DU CANCER EAL QC Y $865,613.00 $31,762,158.00 $13,643,457.00 $837,592.00 $9,736,994.00 $31,727,902.00 CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY / TORONT 7. SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DU CANCER O ON Y $840,868.00 $61,264,412.00 $43,306,565.00 $1,772,552.00 $2,722,395.00 $60,128,001.00 ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES & OTTAW 8. COLLEGES OF CANADA A ON Y $671,300.00 $34,635,100.00 $31,032,400.00 $2,351,200.00 $34,489,100.00 FEDERATION OF CANADIAN 9. MUNICIPALITIES - FEDERATION OTTAW CANADIENNE DES MUNICIPALITES A ON Y $667,400.00 $39,370,000.00 $3,243,900.00 $25,024,700.00 Organisation Catholique Canadienne MONTR 10. pour le Développement et la Paix EAL QC Y $561,108.00 $27,099,787.00 $18,376,304.00 $4,707,354.00 $552,238.00 $29,097,045.00 CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY / VANCO 11. SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DU CANCER UVER BC Y $425,691.00 $39,124,328.00 $14,764,207.00 $1,561,743.00 $10,408,429.00 $30,992,071.00 CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY / 12. SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DU CANCER HALIFAX NS Y $421,922.00 $9,326,203.00 $2,248,318.00 $548,802.00 $2,420,798.00 $6,375,840.00 3 www.globalphilanthropy.ca CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY / SAINT 13. SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DU CANCER JOHN NB Y $362,024.00 $5,916,737.00 $2,483,061.00 $364,646.00 $1,897,452.00 $5,870,218.00 CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY / CALGAR 14. SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DU CANCER Y AB Y $293,970.00 $18,858,322.00 $5,402,056.00 $489,553.00 $10,018,873.00 $18,223,952.00 THE ASSOCIATION OF FACULTIES OF MEDICINE OF CANADA / 15. L'ASSOCIATION DES FACULTES DE OTTAW MEDECINE DU CANADA A ON Y $279,433.00 $4,233,195.00 $3,385,959.00 $567,057.00 $4,232,449.00 TORONT 16. FAMILY SERVICE TORONTO O ON Y $266,249.00 $21,151,318.00 $18,631,514.00 $2,131,136.00 $16,006.00 $21,044,906.00 The Canadian National Institute For 17. The Blind - L'Institut national TORONT canadien pour les aveugles O ON Y $256,880.00 $84,919,350.00 $56,835,922.00 $2,427,748.00 $13,407,341.00 $81,652,482.00 ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE CANADA TORONT 18. INC. O ON Y $251,985.00 $3,608,893.00 $2,213,312.00 $417,089.00 $632,417.00 $3,516,303.00 CANADIAN FOODGRAINS BANK ASSOCIATION INC/ASSOCIATION DE 19. LA BANQUE CANADIENNE DE WINNIP GRAINS INC. EG MB Y $246,688.00 $44,236,149.00 $21,592,123.00 $2,107,117.00 $825,686.00 $39,521,216.00 VANCO 20. TIDES CANADA INITIATIVES SOCIETY UVER BC Y $238,073.00 $13,233,462.00 $13,487,420.00 $559,820.00 $122,865.00 $14,586,693.00 PARKINSON SOCIETY 21. CANADA/SOCIETE PARKINSON TORONT CANADA O ON Y $236,423.00 $9,397,630.00 $3,723,842.00 $1,146,565.00 $2,277,783.00 $8,617,600.00 CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY / TORONT 22. SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DU CANCER O ON Y $218,000.00 $100,340,000.00 $34,308,000.00 $3,207,000.00 $41,153,000.00 $102,498,000.00 VANCO 23. THE DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION UVER BC Y $210,917.00 $9,282,164.00 $6,120,036.00 $520,366.00 $1,918,936.00 $8,770,255.00 VANCO 24. ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF B.C. UVER BC Y $207,710.00 $7,014,542.00 $3,579,986.00 $591,440.00 $889,234.00 $5,928,119.00 ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA - TORONT 25. SOCIETE ALZHEIMER DU CANADA O ON Y $195,419.00 $18,294,695.00 $6,564,047.00 $513,243.00 $3,997,542.00 $19,211,153.00 4 www.globalphilanthropy.ca OTTAW 26. OXFAM CANADA A ON Y $194,969.00 $31,668,163.00 $26,844,065.00 $2,485,408.00 $2,597,782.00 $32,122,224.00 FORT THE FORT MCMURRAY CATHOLIC 27. MCMUR BOARD OF EDUCATION RAY AB Y $193,987.00 $65,411,155.00 $63,343,745.00 $2,209,155.00 $65,746,887.00 THE GEORGE CEDRIC METCALF TORONT 28. CHARITABLE FOUNDATION O ON Y $180,000.00 $6,660,881.00 $884,707.00 $968,232.00 $6,027,630.00 VANCO 29. VANCOUVER FOUNDATION UVER BC Y $171,260.00 $121,557,880.00 $4,923,998.00 $1,514,191.00 $55,622,539.00 MONTR 30. Fédération de l'Âge d'Or du Québec ÉAL QC Y $161,803.00 $4,048,993.00 $1,753,806.00 $856,181.00 $465,792.00 $4,125,357.00 MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE WINNIP 31. CANADA EG MB Y $142,662.00 $31,617,445.00 $29,116,971.00 $906,469.00 $324,738.00 $30,595,632.00 WORLD WILDLIFE FUND CANADA 32. FONDS MONDIAL POUR LA NATURE TORONT CAN ADA O ON Y $142,539.00 $23,495,250.00 $17,207,143.00 $963,842.00 $5,510,670.00 $24,441,548.00 WINNIP 33. MENNONITE CHURCH CANADA EG MB Y $131,652.00 $4,987,372.00 $3,229,091.00 $911,867.00 $162,720.00 $5,037,466.00 THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH 34. IN NORTH AMERICA-CANADA BURLIN CORPORATION GTON ON Y $126,270.00 $6,219,813.00 $4,448,055.00 $347,185.00 $79,136.00 $6,829,829.00 ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS (CANADA) 35.