Interview: CRA’s Director General of charities says Non-Qualified Donee policy a key priority and Donor Advised Fund data changes coming this fall

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CRA’s Charities Directorate is, perhaps, the closest thing the charitable sector has to a “home in government” at the federal level. How the team handles key policy files — like boosting the disbursement quota rate and collecting new data on Donor Advised Funds — will affect the sector for years to come.

Full transcript: Interview with Sharmila Khare, CRA’s Director General of the Charities Directorate

Why It Matters

CRA’s Charities Directorate is, perhaps, the closest thing the charitable sector has to a “home in government” at the federal level. How the team handles key policy files — like boosting the disbursement quota rate and collecting new data on Donor Advised Funds — will affect the sector for years to come.

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