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Tax Receipts for Gifts

What is a Gift? The Canadian Income Tax Act permits non-profit organizations with charitable status to issue receipts for income tax purposes for donations that qualify as “gifts”. “A gift must be given freely, ” according to the Canada Revenue Agency. For a donation to be considered a gift and be eligible for a tax receipt: It is given voluntarily.

Topic:: Ensuring a successful sponsorship year

Type:: Fact Sheets

Sponsorship Disputes & Breakdowns

What are sponsorship disputes? Disagreements or misunderstandings between sponsors and newcomers may naturally arise during the course of a sponsorship. Sponsorship disputes can range from disagreements over the terms of the sponsorship, to differences of opinions on various issues. Fortunately, sponsorship disputes do not always result in sponsorship breakdowns. Sponsorship disputes may be resolved or improved by following the tips about avoiding disputes,

Topic:: Ensuring a successful sponsorship year

Format:: PDF

Type:: Fact Sheets

Month 13 Resource Kit

Topic:: Ensuring a successful sponsorship year

Format:: PDF

Type:: Fact Sheets

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

What is PTSD? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a natural emotional reaction to terrible experiences that involve actual or threatened serious harm to oneself or others. 1 When in danger, it is natural to feel afraid. This fear triggers many split-second changes in the body to prepare to defend against the danger or to avoid it.

Topic:: Ensuring a successful sponsorship year

Format:: PDF

Type:: Fact Sheets

Sexual Harassment

What you need to know as Private Refugee Sponsors In the context of private refugee sponsorship, sexual harassment can happen to a sponsored individual as well as to a member of a sponsoring group. It can occur among members of the refugee family or sponsoring group. Because it has been experienced in some sponsorship cases,

Topic:: Ensuring a successful sponsorship year

Type:: Fact Sheets

The Rights of Privately Sponsored Refugees

Download the PDF Versions of this Fact Sheet in (English) (French) (Amharic) (Arabic) (Armenian) (Farsi) (Kurmanji) (Pashto) (Sorani) (Tigrinya) Welcome to Canada!