For an organization to be registered as a charity, its purposes must fall within one of four categories, one of which is “other purposes beneficial to the community in a way the law regards as charitable”. Adam Aptowitzer, a lawyer with the Ottawa-based law firm Drache LLP, explains what this encompasses, and what doesn’t fit into this category.

Understanding charitable objects: Benefit to the community (MP3)

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Run time: 12:07 minutes

External Resources:

Canada Revenue Agency – Charitable objects

CharityTax.com – Adam Aptowitzer’s Online Office

Drache Charity Insights Newsletter

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