Fundraising Activities

F1. What are fundraising activities?

F2. What is a solicitation of support?

F3. We’re a newly organized registered charity. We heard that there are tax requirements for fundraising. What do we need to know about fundraising?

F4. Can our charity hire someone to manage a fundraising drive and pay them a percentage of the donations they raise?

F5. Our registered charity sends mailing labels to members of the public in our direct mail campaign. Is this an acceptable expense?

F6. Why isn’t a fundraising activity a charitable activity? I don’t understand the difference?

F7. Is there a limit on how much our registered charity can spend on fundraising?

F8. Our registered charity just held a major fundraiser. Are there guidelines about issuing receipts?

F9. I have heard the term “arm’s-length” applied to registered charities. What does it mean?

F10. I heard about a very successful fundraising campaign run by a charity in another country. My registered charity would like to duplicate that campaign in Canada. Can we do that without any problems?

F11. I’ve heard that the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission has introduced a new rule that impacts telemarketing solicitation. Do these changes impact how registered charities can fundraise?

F12. Who is ultimately responsible for registered charity fundraising?

F13. As a director of a registered charity, can I be held personally liable for not protecting a donor in a fundraising operation?

F14. Do some fundraising activities in particular concern the CRA?

F15. Are some activities considered mainly fundraising because of what they are?