Barrie & District Christmas Cheer Organization
Charitable organization · Barrie, Ontario · BN 118799527RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($455,983) as filed with the CRA.
Barrie & District Christmas Cheer Organization is a charitable organization based in Barrie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $427K in revenue and $456K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from donations, 36% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $252K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
To prepare and provide a family food hamper and children's gifts to needy families in barrie and surrounding area at christmas
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $427K | $456K | $448K | — | — | $296K |
| 2023 | $488K | $371K | $356K | — | — | $640K |
| 2022 | $374K | $528K | $515K | — | — | $204K |
| 2021 | $566K | $506K | $445K | — | — | $359K |
| 2020 | $349K | $367K | $311K | — | — | $299K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $252K from 15 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$115K
- Canadahelps Canadon$115K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,380
- The Rotary Club of Barrie Ontario Canada Inc.$5,000
- The Styles Family Foundation$2,500
- Melchior Family Foundation$2,500
- The Tonglen Foundation$2,000
- Barrie Community Foundation$1,650
- The Albarrie Foundation$1,000
- Mobile Giving Foundation Canada$870
- ST. George's Church$730
- Spiritualist Society of Barrie$100
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$29
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$19
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steph Quennville (past president); Sandra Yaquo (president); Diana Brinkos (warehouse chair); Robin Macdonald (donations chair); Alison Jacks (corporate donations); Neli Trevisan (telephone chair); Rychard Lardner (treasurer); Leah Wells (events chair); Natasha Halikas (media chair); Barry Gerrard (food buyer); Leanne Jackson (volunteer chair); Beth Leonienco-Burke (innisfil chair); Casey Hooymans (angus chair); Ian Hocking (information & tech chair); Brad Ellis (distribution chair); Jennifer Squires (schools chair); Nicole Gibson (applications chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Barrie & District Christmas Cheer Organization’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118799527RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.