T3010 Canadian Charity Returns Master Dataset [2003-2022]

This dataset is a <b>master overview</b> of T3010 Canadian Registered Charity Information Returns from 2003-2022 in CSV and Stata format. It also includes a documentation folder with category code and variable changes over time, as well as a detailed Data Dictionary and PDF of original tax forms. Finally, a complete syntax set of DO files for use in the Stata statistical analysis software is included. Data cleaning for this dataset was conducted in two sets, one for the 2021 release (T3010 2021 Release) and a second completed in May 2024 (2024_T3010_Release). For year-by-year extracts of directors and trustees, donees, financials, programs, schedules from 2003-2017 as csv and stata files, go to Lars Nielsen; Secure Empirical Analysis Lab (SEAL), 2019, "T3010 Canadian Charity Returns Legacy Extract Dataset [2003-2017]", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/NSHJFT, Borealis, V3.
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T3010 Canadian Registered Charity Information Returns data includes information about charities and public/private foundations, financial information, trustees and financial transactions between non-profits. The T3010 is the tax return that must be filed by all registered Canadian charities under the Income Tax Act. Canadian charities are actually tax-exempt, but the CRA collects T3010 data and renders it publicly available so that governments, private donors, and the general public know what charities are doing and how charities are using their resources. Original and more recent data can be requested from the <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/charities-giving/charities/guidance-videos-forms/request-charities-listings.html">Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) website</a>.
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SEAL's former Lab Manager Lars Nielsen processed and cleaned the datasets included in this Dataverse. On 2025-06-23 at the transition of SEAL into its next phase, SEAL Lab Manager Lily Wang transferred responsibility for this dataset to RDM Services. This included a formal email, the current Terms of Use Agreement users have signed to now, as well as the contract between Cardus Institute and McMaster. <a href="https://www.cardus.ca/">Cardus</a> is a nonpartisan thinktank that contracted SEAL to clean the T3010 data.
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<i>The information in this package contains public data submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) by the respective registered charity in its Form T3010, Registered Charity Information Return. Please note that this data may have been manually entered by the CRA, and it has not necessarily been verified for accuracy or completeness by the CRA’s Charities Directorate. Statistics and data are produced or compiled by the CRA’s Charities Directorate for the sole purpose of providing the public with direct access to public information about registered charities in Canada. The CRA is not responsible for the use and manipulation by any persons of this information.</i>