Bayshore Foundation for Empowered Living
Private foundation · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 780845897RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($322,288) as filed with the CRA.
Bayshore Foundation for Empowered Living is a private foundation based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $922K in revenue and $322K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from donations, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $265K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 58 qualified donees totalling $321K in 2024, the largest being $55K to Hospice Southeast New Brunswick Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $226K in 2020 to $922K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The bayshore foundation for empowered living strategically funds initiatives that improve quality of life for canadians who are experiencing illness injury or aging.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $922K | $322K | — | — | $321K | $664K |
| 2023 | $345K | $373K | — | — | $372K | $64K |
| 2022 | $288K | $227K | — | — | $264K | $92K |
| 2021 | $287K | $288K | — | — | $250K | $31K |
| 2020 | $226K | $329K | — | — | $329K | $32K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, August 31, 2024
- Other gifts$692,587
- From other charities$144,889
- Receipted donations$84,547
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $321K to 58 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Hospice Southeast New Brunswick Inc.$55K
- The Alzheimer Society of Peel$51K
- Cystic Fibrosis Canada / Fibrose Kystique Canada$35K
- True Patriot Love Foundation$25K
- Canadian Cancer Society$12K
- Alzheimer Society of Toronto$8,310
- Inspire - Community Support Services$7,851
- Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health$7,610
- Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region$7,589
- The Children's Link Society (resource Information)$6,319
- MS Canada SP Canada$6,087
- Hospital Family Houses of Ontario$5,598
- Centres for Seniors Windsor$5,152
- HelpAge Canada$5,025
- McMaster University$5,000
- Carelinks Organization$5,000
- CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses$5,000
- Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (cord)$5,000
- Alzheimer Society Sudbury$4,518
- Hospice of Greater Saint John Inc.$4,365
- MCBN Children's Association$4,154
- Alzheimer Society Niagara Foundation$3,456
- Beth Donovan Hospice$3,000
- Variety - the Children's Charity of BC$2,889
- Water First Education and Training Inc.$2,833
Received $265K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stuart Cottrelle (president); Elliet Cottrelle (secretary); Scott Murray (treasurer); Holly Quinn (director); Diane Pederson (director); Kevin Webster (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bayshore Foundation for Empowered Living’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 780845897RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.