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Charitable Purposes

To be registered as a charity an organization must have purposes that are exclusively charitable. There are four categories of charitable purposes:

Relief of poverty means helping people who lack the basic necessities of life or the simple amenities available to most. Examples of this include food banks, non-profit accommodation for low-income people and disaster relief.

The advancement of religion means to preach and follow a religious faith. For something to be considered religious there must be worship of a deity or deities. Examples of this include establishing and maintaining a building for religious worship, providing religious instruction and missionary work.

To be registered as a charity an organization must have a charitable purpose, must benefit the public and must carry out charitable activities to fulfill their charitable purpose. The charitable purpose of an organization must be stated in its governing documents and these documents must also limit the organization’s activities to that charitable purpose. For example, if an organization is a non-profit, the charitable purpose and the restriction on activities would be stated in the Articles of Incorporation. With the application an organization should include any documents that describe the activities of the organization and its charitable purpose. These could be things like pamphlets or brochures, a website address or minutes of meetings. Charitable Purposes Public Benefit Regardless of which charitable purpose an organization has a charity's activities must benefit the public and the benefit of the organization’s activities must extend to the public as a whole or a significant section of it. To be registered as a charity an organization must have purposes that are exclusively charitable. There are four categories of charitable purposes: Relief of poverty means helping people who lack the basic necessities of life or the simple amenities available to most. Examples of this include food banks, non-profit accommodation for low-income people and disaster relief. Advancement of education means doing things that increase people’s knowledge and skills or advance human knowledge through research. Examples of this include establishing and operating schools, providing scholarships or doing research in a recognized field of knowledge and making the results available to the public. The advancement of religion means to preach and follow a religious faith. For something to be considered religious there must be worship of a deity or deities. Examples of this include establishing and maintaining a building for religious worship, providing religious instruction and missionary work. Purposes that provide a community benefit include a number of purposes that do not fall into the above categories but that are recognized as charitable purposes. Examples of these purposes include operating an animal shelter, a volunteer fire department, a facility for care of the elderly or a hospital. There are some purposes that are not considered charitable such as organizations that are created for political purposes and organizations created to promote sports.

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