This legislative change recognizes the significant value that non-qualified donees bring to charitable work in Canada and internationally. This new option was introduced to provide charities with a means to build more collaborative and equitable partnerships
This guidance is not law. Instead, it recommends ways a charity can meet the Income Tax Act requirements while taking reasonable, flexible, and proportionate measures based on the nature of each grant. To do this, the charity should apply due diligence when making the grant. This allows the charity to account for its use of tax-assisted resources.