2.5.0. Overview: Ineligible Use Of Proceeds

A proposed use of lottery proceeds is ineligible if:

• it provides a personal benefit or gain to the members of the applicant organization;
• it supports tourism or other purely economic benefits;
• it advances a particular political issue;
• it enhances lands and buildings owned and/or operated by a government;
• it is a responsibility that has traditionally been fulfilled by a government; or
• it funds activities that do not fall within one of the four charitable classifications.

2.5.1. POLICIES: INELIGIBLE USE OF PROCEEDS

Eligible organizations may not use the proceeds from lottery licences for:

• the cost of political lobbying and/or advocating a particular view on a political issue, including the cost of staffing, publication materials and advertising;
• fundraising activities, including wages for a fundraiser and the cost of promotional materials;
• administrative or other activities that are not integral to the direct provision of the organization’s charitable mandate;
• the provision of services for which the organization receives government funding or which the organization is required, by law, to provide;
• legal fees/costs incurred by the organization or its board;
• volunteer recognition;
• foreign aid, out-of-province aid or aid to non-Ontario residents;
• accounting fees, except as provided by the terms and conditions of the lottery licence;
• out-of-pocket expenses for volunteers to participate in a licensed lottery event, except as permitted under the terms and conditions of the lottery licence;
• academic and sports awards and trophies;
• construction, renovation or improvement of buildings owned by or on land owned by the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario or municipalities; and
• any activity that does not fall into one of the four charitable classifications.