I think there was a thread here discussing the Charitable status of the CFC. Was it erased? Two 2010 threads have the word "charitable" in them, but no discussion. Edit: oops, discussion was in ChessTalk, here:
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/show...ght=charitable
Is the CFC still issuing tax deductible slips?
While the CFC is in danger of losing its charitable status because Revenue Canada might hold that what the CFC does is not educational, organizations in Great Britain may be gaining charitable status. Until recently, chess in the UK is reported to be funded by Education ministries. That I gleaned as a sideline from this thread, with the participation of several famous (famous in chess organization) names:
http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2368