Be a Gem Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Windsor, Ontario · BN 777952912RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($39,597) as filed with the CRA.
Be a Gem Foundation is a private foundation based in Windsor, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $35K in revenue and $40K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $275.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to University of Guelph. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2,986 in 2020 to $35K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Scholarship fund - to provide educational financial support to students who are actively involved in the community. Breakfast program- to provide funding for nutritional snacks and meals to schools in lower-income communities. Holiday giving program - to provide meals hygiene products and essential needs to students families and local youth/adult groups. School program - to provide school supplies and necessities to students in need.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $35K | $40K | $21K | — | $18K | $66K |
| 2023 | $59K | $25K | $31K | — | $25K | $71K |
| 2022 | $48K | $40K | $5,049 | — | $30K | $68K |
| 2021 | $49K | $36K | $26K | — | $10K | $60K |
| 2020 | $2,986 | $16K | $4,946 | — | $10K | $47K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10K to 4 qualified donees:
- University of Guelph$5,000
- University of Windsor$2,500
- University of Waterloo$1,500
- ST Clair College Foundation$1,000
Received $275 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chante Defrancesco Pathak (president); Myah Defrancesco Pathak (vice president); Geoffrey Parent (director); Rachel Trella (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Be a Gem Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 777952912RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.