Discover the most tax-efficient way to donate to your favourite charities and help the causes you care about.
CanadaHelps makes it easy to donate securities, including stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, to any charity in Canada. It’s better for you and your favourite charities.
While we will continue to process donations of securities up until December 30th, to best ensure your gift qualifies for a 2024 tax receipt, complete your mutual funds donation before December 6th or all other securities donations before December 13th.
Reduce Capital Gains Taxes
In most cases, donating appreciated stocks, mutual funds or stock options means you pay no tax on the capital gains. Or save your charitable tax credits for future tax returns within 5 years of the transaction.
Instant Tax Receipts
You receive the charitable tax receipt for the market value on the date the security is received by our broker. Learn about charitable tax credits.
Choose Your Charities
At CanadaHelps, you can choose from over 85,000 registered Canadian charities. You can also choose multiple charities!
By donating securities directly to a charity as opposed to selling them and donating the proceeds, the capital gains tax can be eliminated. This means more money for the charity and a greater charitable tax credit for you.
Sell securities for cash. Donate after-tax proceeds. | Donate securities directly using CanadaHelps | |
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Original Cost of Securities | $1,000.00 | $1,000.00 |
Current Market Value | $5,000.00 | $5,000.00 |
Capital Gain | $4,000.00 | $4,000.00 |
Tax on Capital Gains | $920.001 | $0.00 |
Donation Amount After-Tax | $4080.002,3 | $5,000.003 |
Your Charitable Tax Credit | $1,876.001 | $2,300.001 |
Your charity gets $920 more! |
Your charitiable tax credit is $424 more! |
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