Absolutely worth it. It isn't terribly costly to get registered as a non-profit, especially for low revenue organizations. I run a student organization at a mid

Absolutely worth it. It isn't terribly costly to get registered as a non-profit, especially for low revenue organizations. I run a student organization at a mid-size university, and it's only just barely cost prohibitive for us, given that we don't stand to gain much from our current status as a de facto non-profit. From what I understand, the cost amounts to a few hundred dollars in legal fees for paperwork, less if you're willing to use some hip website to do it, and some annual compliance costs (keeping receipts, filing tax returns). I have no idea why they wouldn't pursue that. Maybe it's much harder in Canada?