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Setting up a Foundation Account

Canada Gives' Foundation Accounts helps you to set up and manage a Foundation. You name your Foundation, determine which charities you wish to support and establish a strategic philanthropic plan to achieve your goals.
  1. Complete a Foundation Account Application Form.
  2. Funding the Account: Making the Initial Donation
    If you are donating cash, please download and complete the form "Charitable Donation of Cash" for Foundation Accounts.
    If you are donating securities, please download and complete the form "Charitable Donation of Securities in Kind" for Foundation Accounts.
  3. Mail or fax to Canada Gives; a tax receipt for each donation will be sent to you immediately. Canada Gives will send the reports to you on your Foundation account on a regular/semi-annual basis.

Establishing Your Charitable Giving Account

If you are ready to create your account and make your first donation, simply complete the forms online and print.
 

Charitable Giving Account

If your charitable giving strategy is designed for annual gifts of $5,000 or more you may wish to open an Charitable Giving Account. This Account is particularly helpful if you are donating securities, if you wish to support a number of charities, or if you wish to remain anonymous with some/all
of your gifts.
  1. Complete the "Annual Giving Account Application Form" and attach a copy of your photo identification.
  2. If you are donating cash, simply attach your cheque or money order.
  3. If you are donating securities, you also need to complete the form entitled "Charitable Donation of Securities in Kind" for Annual Giving Accounts.
  4. Mail or fax to Canada Gives; a tax receipt for each donation will be sent to you immediately; Canada Gives will send semi-annual reports to you.

Is a Canada Gives Charitable Giving Account Right for You?

Every Charitable Donor is unique.  Canada Gives was designed to work with donors who are interested in setting their own philanthropic objectives and strategy and bringing their own priorities to their charitable giving. Contact us directly or through your professional Charitable Donations advisor and we can customize an individual or corporate Foundation account or an Annual Giving account that achieves your specific goals.

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You can find us in the Charities Directorate at www.cga-arc.gc.ca

Contact Denise Castonguay, Executive Director, to arrange your consultation:

Canada Gives
120 Adelaide Street West
Suite 2500
Toronto, Ontario
M5H 1T1

T (416) 644-1573
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E info@canadagives.ca

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