B.I.G. Charity Law Group
4 lawyers · Established 2015 · City of Toronto, York Region
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 764 handling Business & Corporate Law.
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B.I.G. Charity Law Group Professional Corporation practises only in Canadian charity and not-for-profit law, working on CRA charity registration, federal and provincial non-profit incorporation, and governance and compliance work including ONCA compliance for organizations across the country. Dov Goldberg started the firm in 2015 after several years practising corporate, business, and charity law at a small Toronto firm, then chose to build a practice focused only on charities and non-profits. The firm keeps two Ontario offices, one in Toronto's Bay Street financial district at First Canadian Place and one in Markham, though it tells prospective clients that most of its work happens by phone or video call rather than in person.
The team includes counsel Benjamin Miller, who articled as a policy analyst with the Canada Revenue Agency's Charities Directorate and later worked as an analyst with the Ontario Nonprofit Network and Community Legal Education Ontario, along with Ryan Mosoff and Avital Dorfman. According to the firm's own figures, a charity application typically takes 1 to 2 weeks to submit and about 5 to 6 months to reach registration, while a not-for-profit incorporation can often be filed within a day. Goldberg also set up a companion online course platform, separate from the law practice, walking founders through charity registration and governance step by step.
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Milestones & recognition
- Founded in 2015 by Dov Goldberg, who left a small Toronto firm handling corporate, business, and charity law to build a practice dedicated only to charities and not-for-profits.
- Benjamin Miller articled as a policy analyst with the CRA's Charities Directorate, the federal regulator that reviews charity applications, before joining the firm.
- Both Dov Goldberg and Benjamin Miller are licensed with the Law Society of Ontario.
In the community
- Produces The Canadian Charity Law Podcast, with episodes on topics such as privacy obligations for charity boards and cross-border charity compliance.
- Benjamin Miller organized the Charity Law Interest Group at the University of Toronto and worked as an analyst with the Ontario Nonprofit Network and with Community Legal Education Ontario.
- Runs a separate online course platform, Charity Law Education, teaching founders how to register and govern a Canadian charity or non-profit on a self-paced basis.
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The neighbourhood
The Toronto office sits inside First Canadian Place at King and Bay, in the heart of the city's Bay Street financial district alongside the major banks and the Toronto Stock Exchange. It's a fitting address for a firm whose clients are mostly incorporated organizations rather than walk-in individuals. The Markham office is in the Woodbine Steeles Corporate Centre in Markham Centre, a business park with easy access to Highway 404 and the Unionville GO station, useful for clients meeting in person from elsewhere in York Region. The firm itself says most files never require an office visit at all, since the practice works with charities and non-profits by phone and video across every province.
Frequently asked questions
- Does B.I.G. Charity Law Group only take clients in Toronto and Markham?
- No. The firm says that if you're anywhere in Canada, it serves your area, and that most work happens by phone or video call rather than an in-person office visit.
- What kind of legal work does B.I.G. Charity Law Group actually do?
- The firm practises only charity and non-profit law: CRA charity registration, federal and provincial non-profit incorporation, and governance and compliance work including ONCA compliance.
- How long does it take to register a charity through the firm?
- By the firm's own figures, a charity application typically takes 1 to 2 weeks to submit, and its clients' charities are registered in about 5 to 6 months on average.
- How fast can a non-profit be incorporated?
- The firm reports an average of 1 day to incorporate a not-for-profit corporation.
- When was B.I.G. Charity Law Group founded, and by whom?
- Dov Goldberg founded the firm in 2015, after several years practising corporate, business, and charity law at a small Toronto firm, to focus exclusively on charities and non-profits.
- Does the firm only handle the initial registration, or ongoing compliance too?
- Both. Beyond registration and incorporation, the firm's services include charity and non-profit governance and compliance work, including ONCA compliance for Ontario non-profits.
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