Analysis shows about half-a-billion dollars annually makes it way from Canadian charities to Israel, be it through donations to Israeli recipients, operating funds, scholarship, support to Israeli universities or funds to non-qualified donors.
On November 15th, Karen Rodman of Just Peace Advocates gave testimony to the Palestine Tribunal on Canadian Responsibility in Ottawa and online regarding the complicity of Canadian charities. Listen here.
Learn more about the Canada to Israel Pipeline in the following research by Just Peace Advocates.
The 2022 federal budget essentially deregulated the charitable sector, enabling broader access to charitable funds for non-qualified recipients, including individuals and private companies. To date we are aware of over $30M that has been sent to Israel under this deregulation initiative, including over $12.5M to Space Israel. Read more.
According to charitable filings from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) between 2003 and 2024, there are serious discrepancies between how much charities are reporting to give to another charity, and how much each charity is receiving. Let’s break this down. Charities must report the total amount received from other registered charities on their tax returns (T3010, Line 4510). Charities also need to report to whom and how much they donate to other registered charities (Form T1236). Theoretically, the total amount a charity reports receiving on Line 4510 should match the total amount all other registered report giving on Form T1236.
However, what we have found is quite different. In total, we identified over $101 billion missing.
11 charities with over $1 billion missing
These discrepancies are not isolated to any particular type(s) of registered charities. When considering only the biggest 11 discrepancies (all of which are over $1 billion), they include healthcare organizations, government agencies, religious institutions, a school, and a conservation charity. Pro-Israel charities are not exempt. Read more.
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