Be The Change In Your Own Backyard Foundation
Public foundation · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 755325933RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,608) as filed with the CRA.
Be The Change In Your Own Backyard Foundation is a public foundation based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $22K in revenue and $7,608 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $2,250 in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to Liberty for Youth. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Be the change is a fund raising network dedicated to creating opportunities for a better life for everyone. Working partnership with others we mobilize people and resources to support a network of agencies that help people when they need it most.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $22K | $7,608 | $3,383 | — | $2,250 | $111K |
| 2023 | $55K | $22K | $3,059 | — | $17K | $97K |
| 2022 | $65K | $41K | $2,883 | — | $38K | $64K |
| 2021 | $33K | $7,232 | $7,232 | — | — | $41K |
| 2020 | $16K | $500 | $500 | — | — | $15K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other gifts$15,910
- Receipted donations$4,270
- Other income$2,010
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 $2,250 to 2 qualified donees:
- Liberty for Youth$2,000
- City Kidz Ministry$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alexander Pal (director); Daniel Corcoran (director); Alexander Makcay (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Be The Change In Your Own Backyard Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 755325933RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.