{"id":26514,"date":"2019-08-15T15:43:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T19:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/?page_id=26514"},"modified":"2025-07-31T14:04:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:04:20","slug":"gifts-of-securities-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/gifts-of-securities-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifts of Securities Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>html{background-color:#fff}.plain-page h1,.plain-page h2,.plain-page h3,.plain-page h4{background-color:unset;color:#1b1750;font-weight:unset;padding:unset;border:unset}body p{font-family:Inter,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;color:#1b1750}h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6{font-family:\"PT Serif\",serif;font-weight:700;min-height:36px;color:#1b1750}.plain-page h1{font-size:68px;line-height:76px;color:#1b1750;text-align:center;font-weight:700}.plain-page h2{font-size:34px;line-height:44px;color:#1b1750;font-weight:700}.policy-container{width:50%;margin:100px auto 100px auto}.policy-subhead{text-transform:uppercase;text-align:center} .ch20-full-width-page a:hover {color: #1B1750;} a:visited{color: #501874;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"policy-container\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top:-50px\">Gifts of Securities Policy<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">(Last updated: August 1, 2025)<\/p>\n<p>CanadaHelps only accepts publicly traded securities that are traded or exchanged on a public market in Canada or the United States. CanadaHelps does not accept shares in private corporations and stock options. Only pledges meeting minimum donation amounts ($200 for digital certificates, and $2000 for paper certificates) will be accepted.<\/p>\n<p>CanadaHelps does not retain securities in our possession: brokers acting for CanadaHelps are instructed to sell all received securities immediately, or to sell the securities in as timely a manner as possible based on market liquidity.<br \/>\nCanadaHelps is not responsible or liable for fluctuations in the value of a security while in our possession.<\/p>\n<p>CanadaHelps does not receive or act upon unsolicited instructions from third parties in terms of holding or selling securities.<\/p>\n<p>Dividends accrued while a security is in the possession of CanadaHelps remain the property of CanadaHelps.<\/p>\n<p>CanadaHelps reserves the right to refuse or return thinly-traded or unsellable securities, in our sole discretion.<\/p>\n<p>Valuation of securities for tax receipt purposes will be determined by the closing bid price for the donated securities on the same day the securities are received in CanadaHelps\u2019 accounts.<\/p>\n<p>CanadaHelps is only able to accept Securities for Charities or Qualified Donees that have registered with CanadaHelps to receive Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gifts of Securities Policy (Last updated: August 1, 2025) CanadaHelps only accepts publicly traded securities that are traded or exchanged on a public market in &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/gifts-of-securities-policy\/\" id=\"canadahelp-blog-meta\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-ch20-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26514","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"meta_description":"","use_toc_layout":false,"additional_body_css_classes":"","hide_page_title":false,"row_settings":false,"insert_spotlight_boxes":false,"use_biography_grid":false,"blogs_posts_item":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gifts of Securities Policy | CanadaHelps - Donate to any charity in Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/gifts-of-securities-policy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gifts of Securities Policy | CanadaHelps - Donate to any charity in Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gifts of Securities Policy (Last updated: August 1, 2025) CanadaHelps only accepts publicly traded securities that are traded or exchanged on a public market in ... 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