Make an informed decision about becoming a registered charity

Information to help you determine whether to apply to become a registered charity.

• Determine if you should apply for charitable registration
• Interactive tool to help you decide if applying for registration is right for you

• Differences between a registered charity and a non-profit organization
• Definitions and examples of the differences between registered charities and non-profit organizations

• Factors that will prevent an organization from being registered as a charity
• Learn what will prevent your organization from being registered as a charity

• Impact of terminating your charitable registration
• Find out how requesting voluntary revocation will affect your organization

• Advantages and obligations of becoming a registered charity
• Learn the advantages and obligations of becoming registered

• Consequences of not meeting the obligations for registration (non-compliance)
• Sanctions and revocation