List of foreign charities that have received a gift from His Majesty in right of Canada

A foreign charity that has received a gift from His Majesty in right of Canada (the Government of Canada) and is registered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is a qualified donee for a specific period. As a qualified donee, it can issue donation receipts and registered charities can make gifts to it.

As a result of changes to the Income Tax Act that came into effect between January 1, 2012, and June 23, 2015, the eligibility criteria and qualified donee period of these foreign charities changed. For information, go to the Summary of recent legislative changes (archived).

Use the lists below to find out if a foreign charity that received a gift from His Majesty in right of Canada is currently registered or was previously registered as a qualified donee after December 31, 2012, or whether it was a recipient of a gift from His Majesty in right of Canada before January 1, 2013.

To find out about the obligations of foreign charities as qualified donees, go to Advantages and obligations of applying for qualified donee status.

 


A list of currently registered foreign charities

Country Name Registration period
Switzerland Aga Khan Foundation 2022-11-15 to 2024-11-15
United States Council for Canadian American Relations  2022-07-26 to 2024-07-26
United Kingdom The Canada-UK Foundation 2023-03-03 to 2025-03-03

 

A list of previously registered foreign charities that were registered after December 31, 2012

Country Name Registration period
Poland Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation 2014-04-22 to 2016-04-22
2019-02-19 to 2021-02-19
Switzerland Aga Khan Foundation 2015-03-20 to 2017-03-20
2016-10-21 to 2018-10-21
2018-06-12 to 2020-06-12
2019-07-05 to 2021-07-05
2020-12-03 to 2022-12-03
2021-12-21 to 2023-12-21
United Kingdom
The Canada-UK Foundation
2018-10-05 to 2020-10-05
2021-02-15 to 2023-02-15
United Kingdom The Rhodes Trust - Public Purposes Fund 2014-08-01 to 2016-08-01
United Kingdom Westminster Abbey Trust  2016-03-24 to 2018-03-24 
United States Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation 2013-11-07 to 2015-11-07
United States Council for Canadian American Relations 2017-04-25 to 2019-04-25
2018-09-28 to 2020-09-28
2020-02-05 to 2022-02-05
2021-07-01 to 2023-07-01
United States Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 2013-10-17 to 2015-10-17
2016-02-12 to 2018-02-12
2018-02-28 to 2020-02-28
2020-02-05 to 2022-02-05

A list of previous recipients of gifts from His Majesty in right of Canada before January 1, 2013

Country Name Date of previous gifts
Switzerland Aga Khan Foundation 2003-07-09
2004-06-15
2005-03-10
2006-04-07
2007-04-04
2008-04-02
2009-04-02
2010-04-21
2012-07-25
Switzerland Aga Khan University Foundation 2003-07-09
2004-06-15
2005-03-10
2006-04-07
2007-04-04
2008-04-02
2010-04-21
2012-07-25
United States The American Assembly 2004-07-22
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands National Recovery Fund 2005-06-07
New Zealand Christchurch Earthquake Appeal Trust 2011-03-14
United States The Council for Canadian American Relations, Inc. (formerly: American Friends of Canada) 2003-07-09
2004-05-27
2005-07-07
2006-05-04
2007-06-21
2008-07-03
2009-06-04
2010-06-10
2011-06-16
2012-05-10
South Africa Education Africa 2010-09-02
2012-01-16
United Kingdom The Foundation for Canadian Studies in the United Kingdom 2003-03-11
2003-03-17
2004-03-11
2004-03-30
2006-02-13
2006-02-16
2006-03-15
2006-07-28
2006-08-23
2006-08-31
2008-02-25
2010-03-02
2012-07-24
United Kingdom The Rhodes Trust - Public Purposes Fund 2010-12-15
2012-07-31
Jamaica Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kingston 2007-02-06
Russia The State Hermitage Museum 2003-07-07
2005-12-23
United States Village Focus International 2003-08-12
2004-02-16
United States William J. Clinton Foundation 2010-06-02
United States Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 2003-10-23
2004-10-26
2005-10-26
2006-10-27
2007-10-12
2008-10-31
2010-11-02
2011-10-17

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