Beginnings Foundation
Private foundation · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 815689856RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($256,871) as filed with the CRA.
Beginnings Foundation is a private foundation based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $195K in revenue and $257K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 49% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $108K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $238K in 2024, the largest being $185K to Dayspring Pregnancy & Family Support Centre. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $585K in 2020 to $195K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to Beginnings Family Services Inc. provided that it is a registered charity under the Income Tax Act (Canada) failing which to other charitable organizations with objects as close are possible to the objects of Beginnings Family Services Inc. and 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 | $195K | $257K | $238K | $2,733 | $238K | $716K |
| 2023 | $446K | $356K | $128K | $36K | $154K | $776K |
| 2022 | $478K | $340K | $120K | $37K | $148K | $686K |
| 2021 | $537K | $501K | $342K | $44K | $10K | $549K |
| 2020 | $585K | $427K | $284K | $43K | — | $513K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $238K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $108K from 14 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$46K
- Canadahelps Canadon$46K
- Sun Light Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,530
- Oxford Baptist Church$2,152
- Mountainview Christian Reformed Church of Grimsby$2,013
- Maranatha Christian Reformed Church of Bowmanville$1,053
- The Hensen Foundation$1,000
- Trinity Christian Reformed Church of Goderich$769
- Huron Park Baptist Church Inc.$600
- Athens Christian Reformed Church$568
- Crossfire Assembly$500
- Calvary Christian Reformed Church of Flamborough$500
- Wyoming Christian Reformed Church$310
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$106K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anne Stocker (board secretary); Bryan Herechuk (board chair); Trenton Johnson (board member); Heather Morrison (board member); Jessica Stroebel (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Beginnings Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815689856RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.