JOBS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE
In order to be registered as a charity, an organization must have purposes that are exclusively charitable and conduct activities that support those purposes. An organization’s purposes are found in its governing documents, describing its main intent, goals and objectives.
Activities are the ways the organization accomplish its purposes. The Canada Revenue Agency looks at both of these when deciding if it can register a charity.
Charitable Purposes
The organization’s purposes must fall within one or more of these categories:
To bring relief to those who lack the basic necessities of life or simple amenities available to the general population.
To train the mind, advance the knowledge or abilities of the recipient, raise the artistic taste of the community, or improve a useful branch of human knowledge and other aspect that is beneficial to the advancement of education.
To preach and advance the spiritual teachings of a religious faith, and to maintain the doctrines and spiritual observances on which those teachings are based
This includes various purposes that do not fall within the other categories but which the courts have recognized as charitable
Charitable Activities
Activities are the organization’s programs, events, or the things they do to accomplish and fulfill the organization’s charitable purpose. Without a charitable purpose, the organization do not have the means to do charitable activities.
Public Benefit Test
To be registered as a charity, the organization’s purposes and activities must also meet a public benefit test. To be qualified, the organization must show that its purposes and activities provide a measurable benefit to the public and that the people who are eligible for benefits are either the public as a whole, or a majority of it.
If you want to apply to become a registered charity, contact us and we will help you set up your organization’s application!
