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Charities see alarming trends as donors become older, fewer

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

Dec. 03, 2010
Figures released by Statistics Canada last week highlight a disconcerting trend for charities. The report showed that 5.6 million people donated money last year. That was down from 5.8 million in 2008 and was the lowest number of donors since 2002, when 5.5 million people gave money. In dollar terms, total donations dropped to $7.75-billion in 2009 from $8.19-billion in 2008 and $8.65-billion in 2007… Not that long ago, nearly one-third of taxpayers reported a donation; now the percentage is less than one-quarter.

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Ottawa gives Bill Clinton foundation special designation

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Nov. 23, 2010
The federal government has quietly given Bill Clinton’s charitable foundation a special designation that will allow it to receive indirect support from Canadian taxpayers… Canadians generally can’t donate to foreign charities and receive a tax break, and Canadian charities can’t make grants to international charitable organizations (the only exceptions are gifts to the United Nations and some foreign universities attended by Canadians)… the process for getting this kind of special exemption is shrouded in mystery… Only a handful of foreign charities have received this designation

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Weakened by recession, charities face uncertain future

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

May. 06, 2010
A recent survey of 1,500 charities by Imagine Canada, a national umbrella body, found that 22 per cent said they were at risk because of the economic downturn. Just under half said they were having difficulty fulfilling their missions… Individual donations dried up as donors cut back, foundations slashed grants as their endowment funds shrank, and governments pulled funding to cope with rising deficits.

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