Running and Maintaining a Federal Non-Profit Corporation under the CNCA

This course will be an introduction for those involved with running a Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”) corporation
About this Event

Whether you are a non-profit or charity, if you are a CNCA corporation, you have certain obligations to comply with

There are about 47,000 federal non-profit corporations under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”). About 25% of them are registered charities and the rest are not registered charities.

This course will focus on the corporate aspects of having a non-profit under the CNCA. This will be applicable to both non-profits and registered charities, but it will not cover the Income Tax Act (Canada) regulatory requirements for either non-profits or registered charities.

This course covers:

Different Non-Profit Types
How Do You Know That You are Under the CNCA?
Background on the CNCA
Governing Documents
Organizing Documents
Members, Directors and Officers
By-laws
Operating Under the CNCA
Soliciting Corporations vs. Non-soliciting
CNCA Filing Obligations
AGMs
What is new?
The recent dissolution of over 10,000 CNCA corporations
CRA Filing Obligations (NPO vs. Charity)
Biggest Mistakes

This 90-minute course is for directors, officers, employees and volunteers with CNCA corporations. It is not intended for groups that are provincial non-profits, such as the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (“ONCA”) or Alberta Societies, etc.