Standard Charity

Starting a new Charity or Foundation? We have over a decade experience helping non-profits incorporate and obtain Charity exemption status from the CRA.

Our most popular package, it includes drafting Articles of Incorporation, By-laws, Minutes of First Meeting of Board of Directors, Corporate Records Book, and Tax Exemption application! We do everything, A to Z.

Fees: $3,350.00 + disbursements & HST

Foundations & Religious Charities

For:

• Public Foundations (where the charity does not do its own activities; it simply disburses its donations to other registered charities;

• Religious Charities;

• Non-Incorporated Charities (where liability to the directors is not a concern).

Fees: $2,585.00 + Disbursements & HST

International Charity  Package

Will your Charity operate abroad through intermediaries (subject to the strict control of the Canadian charity)? If yes, this package is for you. It includes everything in the Platinum package, with the added joint venture or agency agreements required by the Charities Directorate before registration of such a Charity.

Payable in 5 installments, there is an option to pay 1/3 of the fees after registration, so as to provide an opportunity to raise the requisite funds.

Fees: $8,895.00 + disbursements & HST

Appeal a CRA Notice of Refusal

Have you applied for Charity Registration, only to be refused by the CRA? Let us appeal the refusal and obtain the registration on your behalf.

What will we need from you? The Articles of Not-for-Profit Articles of Incorporation (or Letters Patent if incorporated provincially), Bylaws, a copy of the charity application (if available) and a copy of the the CRA’s Notice of Refusal. We generally are able to provide you a fixed fee quote within 3 business hours.

Fees: TBD upon review of the file
 

DIY Charity Registrations and Crisis & Risk Management

Consultations

Are you looking to apply for charity status on your own but would like input from a Charity Lawyer. Without legal advice, most DIY charity applicants are rejected or are required to revise their constating documents, which leads to Amendment fees, stress, and lost time. This package is for you if you want to save $ and time by avoiding multiple CRA correspondence and delays. Let us advise on how to structure your Articles of Incorporation and Form t2050 for CRA approval.

Or, sometimes things don’t go according to plan. Nonprofits have emergencies too. At mission-centered organizations, PR is important. You need to act fast and get sound advice to make sure donors are assured that the right things are happening. Board Conflicts, Legal Threats, Public Relations and People Problems.

Fees: $353.00 + HST for 1 hour consult

Charity Audits

You’ve  applied to the Charities Directorate for tax exempt status on your own or with another lawyer, but the CRA rejected your application. Or perhaps your charity is being audited by the CRA.

Let us represent your organization to the Charities Directorate and obtain or maintain charity registration.

Fees: TBD upon review of the file.