Bereaved Families of Ontario Durham Region
Charitable organization · Oshawa, Ontario · BN 861619880RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($130,487) as filed with the CRA.
Bereaved Families of Ontario Durham Region is a charitable organization based in Oshawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $146K in revenue and $130K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $63K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Assisting families in which a child has died to cope with the psychological effects of the child's death. We hold closed and open meetings where members may discuss their mutual pain/problems. To assist grieving parents and siblings by procuring counselling and support services. Family support nights providing information with a speaker or panel-open to all drop in meetings for bereaved parents to discuss their grief in a small closed group with 2 co-ordinators sending our regular newsletters to all members maintaining an extensive library for our members- we do not charge for services or …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $146K | $130K | $105K | $21K | $0 | $87K |
| 2023 | $158K | $167K | — | $19K | — | $86K |
| 2022 | $108K | $119K | — | $7,014 | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $161K | $126K | $69K | $2,186 | — | $141K |
| 2020 | $162K | $118K | $100K | $2,338 | — | $111K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $63K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$65K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gary Goswell (chair person director); Sharon Sears (director); Chris Garvey (vice chair director); Wayne Wannamaker (director); Kirsty Sinclair (director); Beverly Campbell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bereaved Families of Ontario Durham Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861619880RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.