Welcome to the inaugural “Schools of School Board Foundations” edition of Miller Thomson’s Education Law newsletter, which we hope will be a helpful resource for charitable foundations supporting schools and school boards. Readers may also be interested in our upcoming...
Charities incorporated under Ontario law have been waiting on the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (“ONCA”) to come into force. The ONCA was passed by the Ontario Legislature in 2010, but comes into force on a day to be named. Recently, the...
As registered charities, school boards and school foundations are able to issue tax receipts for donations received, but in doing so must strictly adhere to Canada Revenue Agency requirements, in order to avoid risking revocation of their charitable status. In...
School boards and private schools often choose to establish a separate corporation for the purposes of fundraising, and register the corporation as a charity. Foundations can generate many benefits for a school or school board and the community they serve,...