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- An overview of the Charities Directorate and the voluntary sector
- Annual filing requirements: The T3010
- Annual spending requirements: The disbursement quota
- Fundraising guidelines
- Gifting and receipting
- GST and registered charities
- Provincial presentations (some provinces attend the Charities Information Sessions and present information on the legal requirements for their respective provinces)
June 10, 12 & 13 (Winnipeg)
June 11 (Brandon)
All attendees must register with CRA.
Visit www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/charities/sessions/ or call toll free 1-800-267-2384.
The Winnipeg Foundation is pleased to announce a NEW online grant application process. In our ongoing efforts to serve the community, the Foundation is offering agencies more options and efficiencies when it comes to applying for support. Charitable organizations are now able to apply for support from the Foundation through a new, secure online application process!
As we move towards a more efficient and paperless grant application system we ask for your patience and welcome your feedback regarding this new process. Please email your comments to grants@wpgfdn.org or contact us at 944.9474. We are working towards having all grant applications to the Foundation submitted online. Presently, organizations still have the option to apply for support by downloading our traditional grant application PDF and submitting a paper application.
For more information about the online grant application, click here.
On March 12, the board of The Winnipeg Foundation approved a grant of $500,000 towards the preservation of Upper Fort Garry. The grant will be made to Friends of Upper Fort Garry over five years, and puts the group within $400,000 of its fundraising goal.
For more information, click here.
On March 4th, Canadian Parks and Wildnerness Society (CPAWS) Manitoba chapter launched its Aboriginal Boreal Conservation Leaders project, an initiative that engages Aboriginal people in the protection of our province's extensive boreal forest. The project focuses on sharing stories, promoting volunteer and job opportunities, and raising awareness. The Winnipeg Foundation was pleased to bring greetings at the event.
In January, The Winnipeg Foundation released its 2007 Annual Report, Connecting. The report profiles grant recipients, donors and community projects. To view the report, click here.In 2007, The Foundation made grants totaling $17.8 million to 680 local charities. For the complete, descriptive list of community grants made by The Winnipeg Foundation in 2007, please click here.
On January 18th, The Winnipeg Foundation announced a $3 million commitment to downtown Winnipeg. The investment will support a number of public amenities projects. The initiative, called the Foundation’s Downtown Green Spaces Strategy, will take place over the next five years. For more information, please click here. To download the news release, click here.
The Winnipeg Foundation has reached an important granting milestone! A recent grant to St. Amant Research Centre has brought the Foundation's total granting to $200 million, since it was established 87 years ago. The Foundation reached its $100 million granting milestone only 7 years ago.
On November 22, The Winnipeg Foundation hosted a special announcement at John M. King School. The event launched a major child nutrition initiative, funded by the Moffat Family Fund at The Winnipeg Foundation. A grant of to Manitoba Council on Child Nutrition/Breakfast for Learning is injecting $675,000 into local child nutrition programs over the next five years. To date, the funds have supported healthy snack programs in 30 schools and nine community centres.John M. King school is one of the grant recipients. There, grade 4, 5 and 6 students in room 203 are designing a nutrition program for the entire school, including budgeting, nutritional calculations, ordering, and preparing and serving nutritious snacks to 200 students, three times per week.
Students and staff were on hand to speak about what they've learned through the program, and Randy Moffat spoke about the initiative on behalf of the Moffat Family Council.
