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OPEN DELEGATION REGARDING REQUESTS TO RETROACTIVELY GRANT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS A TAX REBATE
The following three Charitable Organizations provided an Open Delegation regarding their requests to be granted retroactive charitable tax rebates:
1. Ms. June Harrow from Kidney Clothes advised that Kidney Clothes is a program through The Kidney Foundation of Canada and that it is a Registered Charity. She discussed the history associated with the Kidney Clothes, their staff and the services that they provide. She advised that Kidney Clothes has a tight overhead budget and had recently became aware that the organization was eligible for a charitable tax rebate. Ms. Harrow requested that the City grant Kidney Clothes a retroactive charitable tax rebate for 2015 and 2016.
2. Mr. Richmond Kelly and Mr. Rowley Ramey from the Seasons Centre for Grieving Children provided the history associated with the Seasons Centre for Grieving Children, their staff and the services they provide. Mr. Kelly noted that the Centre does not receive government funding and is supported through fundraising efforts and volunteers. He advised that the organization discovered through a Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) notice that 25% of the Centre's property taxes were being assessed commercially and are eligible for a charitable tax rebate. Mr. Kelly requested that the City grant the Seasons Centre for Grieving Children a retroactive charitable tax rebate from 2004 to 2015.
A member of the Committee asked a question and received a response from Mr. Kelly and Mr. Ramey.
3. Ms. Angela Baldwin from the Barrie Film Festival discussed the history associated the Barrie Film Festival, staff and the cultural experience the Festival provides to the community. She advised that the organization recently discovered that the annual submission for the 2015 and 2016 charitable tax rebates was not submitted. Ms. Baldwin discussed financial impacts that the Barrie Film Festival ...
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