CharityCan

website:

http://www.charitycan.ca

Company details

What does it do?

CharityCan is an online tool that offers in-depth information about Canada's 85,000 registered Charitable Organizations, Private Foundations, and Public Foundations. Users of CharityCan's site are able to search for, analyse, compare and rank Canada's registered charities, using, among other things, the last five years of financial statements for each of these 80,000 charities. CharityCan is a fee-based, subscription service.

How is it social?

Third Sector Publishing, which includes CharityCan - www.charitycan.ca - and Canadian Donor's Guide - www.donorsguide.ca - as its main lines of business, provides useful information to the public regarding Canada's 85,000 registered charities.

What is its business model?

Family-owned small business corporation operated as a for-profit business.

Its history

Charter Press Ltd., an Ontario corporation owned by Anderson and Susan Charters, purchased the Canadian Donor's Guide, as well as the right to the tradename, Third Sector Publishing in late 2001. Third Sector Publishing has published the Canadian Donor's Guide annually from 2002 to 2009. The 2010 edition of the Guide will be its 25th edition. In May, 2008 the company launched CharityCan, a fee-based website that allows users to search, sort, rank and analyse Canada's 85,000 registered charities using information collected from the annual filings of all registered charities submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency.

More information

Current shareholders:	No information provided
Chair:	n/a
Year of incorporation:	1990

Company snapshot

Address:	Third Sector Publishing, 1192 Birchcliffe Cres., Orillia, ON, CA, L3V 6H4
Telephone:	+1 (705) 325-5552
Blog:
CEO:	Anderson Charters (Main contact)
Year of incorporation:	1990
Industrial sector:	Internet platforms
Social / Environmental benefit:	Test; Awareness and advocacy;
Certifications:	Not Applicable;
Social business sector:	Other;

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