Qualified donees are those entities defined in subsection 149.1(1) of the Income Tax Act:
- registered Canadian charities,
- registered Canadian amateur athletic associations,
- housing corporations resident in Canada and exempt from tax under Part 1 of the Act by paragraph 149(1)(i),
- Canadian municipalities,
- the United Nations or agencies thereof,
- universities outside Canada prescribed to be universities the student body of which ordinarily includes students from Canada,
- charitable organizations outside Canada to which Her Majesty in right of Canada has made a gift during the taxpayer's taxation year, or the 12 months immediately preceding that taxation year,
- Her Majesty in right of Canada and the provinces and agents thereof,
- registered Canadian national arts service organizations.