{"id":19518,"date":"2015-09-17T16:38:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T20:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=19518"},"modified":"2020-06-15T08:29:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T12:29:11","slug":"federal-government-to-match-charitable-donations-towards-syrian-crisis-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2015\/09\/17\/federal-government-to-match-charitable-donations-towards-syrian-crisis-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Government to Match Charitable Donations towards Relief of Syrian Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Authored by Nevena Urosevic, Associate Director of Legal Affairs<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On September 12, 2015, the Government of Canada <a href=\"http:\/\/news.gc.ca\/web\/article-en.do?mthd=index&amp;crtr.page=1&amp;nid=1016519\">announced<\/a> the creation of the Syrian Emergency Relief Fund. The Government has promised to match every dollar donated by individual Canadians to registered Canadian charities, up to $100 million, in order to bring some relief to the conflict in Syria. This new initiative is effective immediately and up until February 29, 2016 [Note: the Government had previously announced the deadline was December 31, 2015, but has since extended it]. Only donations made to registered charities between September 12 and February 29, 2016 will be matched by the Canadian Government.<\/p>\n<p>The news release states that the fund \u201cwill help meet the basic needs of conflict-affected people in the region, as well as in official development assistance-eligible transit countries for refugees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Is your charity collecting funds for Syria or does it have plans to do so? If so, the following conditions apply:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The maximum amount that one individual Canadian may donate is $100,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Further conditions are that the gift must be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monetary in nature<\/li>\n<li>Made to a registered Canadian charity that is receiving donations in response to the Syria crisis and specifically directed to be used for that purpose<\/li>\n<li>Used by the registered charity for the Syria crisis<\/li>\n<li>Declared to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (\u201cDFATD\u201d) by the registered charity by March 18, 2016 [The previous deadline was January 15, 2016, but the Government has since extended it].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you want to donate to help ease the suffering in Syria? Looking for a charity you can trust? CCCC is compiling a list of its certified members who are collecting donations in response to the crisis. It will be posted on our Give Confidently website shortly (giveconfidently.ca).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authored by Nevena Urosevic, Associate Director of Legal Affairs On September 12, 2015, the Government of Canada announced the creation of the Syrian Emergency Relief Fund. 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