MakeWay submission to CRA re grants to grantees jan 30 2023

Create a section focused on grants to individuals to provide answers and resources for potential grantees and recommendations to grantors on what to communicate to potential grantees d. [...] We recommend the CRA provide a simple process for charities to supplement their purposes to include issuing qualifying disbursements, with retroactive application to the date of the final guidance release. [...] Significant considerations regarding Grants to Individuals There are enough special considerations related to granting to individuals as a distinct category of Non- qualified donee to warrant a section in the guidance dedicated to this subject. [...] Charities can submit a special request to the CRA that certain information not be made available to the public; however, for this to be an effective method, the CRA would have to turn around such requests very quickly and provide confirmation to the charity in advance of the grant being issued. [...] The combined effect of these treatments of private benefit gives the reader the overall impression that it is a minor aspect of the gifts to grantees guidance.