Applying CRA’s Fundraising Guidance and Best Practices - $40 (lunch included)

September 28, 2010 (9:00 am – 4:30 pm) Location: 89 Chestnut Street, Toronto

Do you know what Canada Revenue Agency’s Fundraising Guidance means to your organization? If you don’t know already – it’s time to find out! This affordable one-day workshop provides a plain-language overview of CRA’s Fundraising Guidance and explores how you can apply their best practices to your charity’s requests for support. Join Cynthia Armour (CFRE and monthly Charity Village columnist) to learn lots of practical tips and advice about how to develop an effective fundraising plan for your organization.

This full-day session is best suited for the individuals in your organization responsible for fundraising and financial management (whether staff or volunteers) who want to learn about the Guidance and best practices.

October 26, 2010 (9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.) Location: 89 Chestnut Street, Toronto

October 26, 2010 (1:00 pm – 4:30 pm) Location: 89 Chestnut Street, Toronto

Lead by charity lawyer Mark Blumberg, LL.B. this workshop will review the Fundraising Guidance as well as identify key compliance and standards issues for charities. You’ll learn about CRA’s rules on appropriate allocation of fundraising expenses and new transparency, accountability and disclosure requirements that have been introduced for Canadian charities. In the afternoon, Mark will tackle the nitty-gritty of receipting. You’ll learn when your charity is allowed to issue official donation receipts and for how much, the rules about split receipting and how it affects your galas, golf tournaments and other fundraisers, and how to avoid the top receipting mistakes. Mark will cover the “legal-need-to-know” on both of these important topics.

*Note: Register for both sessions for only $40 and enjoy a free networking lunch with like-minded colleagues! These two workshops are appropriate for CEOs , directors, staff and volunteers of registered charities that are involved with either fundraising, issuing donation receipts or governance. Capacity Builders, a division of the Ontario Community Support Association, is a charitable organization that provides a wide-range of training and development resources for not-for-profit and charitable organizations.

The Charity Law Information Program (CLIP) is a project of Capacity Builders, funded by the Canada Revenue Agency. You can learn more about the CLIP project, and all our other products and services, at http://www.capacitybuilders.ca/clip 

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