The Canada Revenue Agency recently issued a revised version of its statement of differences between a charity and a nonprofit organization.  Since all charities are nonprofits, but not all nonprofits are charities, the public can easily become confused by the differences.  The statement covers the following areas:

• Purposes
• Registration
• Charitable registration number
• Tax receipts
• Spending requirement (disbursement quota)
• Designation
• Returns
• Personal benefits to members
• Tax exempt status