Estate Donations for Charities not yet Registered

The 2018 Federal Budget hinted that Canadian newspapers may be able to receive charitable status in the future. As I’ve previously written, making non-profit and local journalism an eligible charitable purpose is a timely idea — and it has implications for donor planning their estates. The Federal Budget got me thinking of a charitable planning conundrum: donors who wish to support a cause that is not yet charitable at law and therefore not yet advanced by a registered charity.