Because I Care (Canada) Children's Charity
Public foundation · Pickering, Ontario · BN 843552431RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($853) as filed with the CRA.
Because I Care (Canada) Children's Charity is a public foundation based in Pickering, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $96 in revenue and $853 in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 97% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1,633 in 2020 to $96 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply or part of the principal and income from time to time to charitable organizations that are also registered charities under the income tax act (canada)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $96 | $853 | $917 | — | $764 | $13K |
| 2023 | $14 | $1,083 | $764 | — | $764 | $14K |
| 2022 | $34 | $74 | — | — | — | $14K |
| 2021 | $1,246 | $228 | — | — | — | $14K |
| 2020 | $1,633 | $222 | — | — | — | $12K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $0 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Siddhartha Nijhawan (president); Saguna Kochhar (treasurer); Sandeep Dhillon (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Because I Care (Canada) Children's Charity’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 843552431RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.