Two Jewish Canadian charities have had their charitable status formally revoked by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and can no longer issue receipts for tax purposes. CRA’s published notice in the government-issued Canada Gazette on Aug. 10 confirmed the revocations of the charitable registrations for the Jewish National Fund of Canada (JNF) and Ne’eman Foundation of Canada.
Updates on Aug. 13 to the CRA website’s charities directory showed, separately, the revoked and audited status on the two charities’ listings. In an email to supporters Aug.
13, 2024, JNF Canada says it was “blindsided” to learn CRA revoked its charitable status while JNF has an active federal court appeal against the decision. JNF and Ne’eman’s charitable status had been revoked effective Aug. 10, CRA spokesperson Nina Ioussoupova confirmed in an email to The CJN.
While the federal tax agency confirmed it revoked the registration of the two organizations from its Charities Directorate over violations of donation rules, CRA did not detail its specific concerns. Critics of the revoked charitable organizations say they have funded prohibited projects in Israel, which they allege support the military or settlements or groups in the West Bank, and that the CRA has decided were in contravention of the Income Tax Act. The CRA information online for each organization mentions the parts of that law with which it says JNF and Ne’eman failed to comply, but does not give details connected to specific ch.