HomeMy WebLinkAboutFIN-19-003 - 2019 Donations Made to City-Related OrganizationsREPORT TO:Finance and Corporate Services Committee
DATE OF MEETING:January 21, 2019
SUBMITTED BY:Brenda Johnson, Director of Accounting, 519-741-2200 Ext 7647
PREPARED BY:Brenda Johnson, Director of Accounting, 519-741-2200 Ext 7647
WARD (S) INVOLVED:All
DATE OF REPORT:January 2, 2019
REPORT NO.:FIN-19-003
SUBJECT:2019 Donations Made to City-Related Organizations
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RECOMMENDATION: That for the fiscalyear2019, donations received by the City of Kitchener on
behalf of City-related organizations, namely Minor Sports Groups, Neighbourhood Associations, KW
Golf Committee, KW Chamber of Commerce Physicians Recruitment and Advocacy Group, and Tier
1 and Tier 2 grant recipients, be redistributed to those organizations as intended by the donor.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Kitchener is authorized to issue donation receipts for income tax purposes when a donation that
legally qualifies as a gift is made to amunicipalityas per Section 110 1a of the Income Tax Act.
REPORT:
Canada Revenue Agency requires that for donations to be eligible for income tax receipts, all funds must
be made payable directly to the City of Kitchener and that any funds re-distributed to City-related
organizations must be approved by Council. Council has granted this approval in the past on an annual
basis.
ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN:
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the delivery of core service.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
The City issued approximately 170donation receipts in 2018,totalling just over $99,000. Of these, 23
per cent were made to the city in general and 77per cent of donations were re-directed to city-related
organizations as requested by the donor. The cost to process receipts is minimal and includes postage,
paper and staff processing time.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
INFORM This report has been posted nda in advance of the
council committee meeting.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Jonathan Lautenbach, Chief Financial Officer, Financial Services
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