Bereaved Families of Ontario -Halton/peel
Publicly funded institution · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 118803667RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($588,360) as filed with the CRA.
Bereaved Families of Ontario -Halton/peel is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $572K in revenue and $588K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $58K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $250K in 2020 to $572K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
To provide self-help and mutual aid to the bereaved with the focus on child sibling and parental loss for parents young adults and children. To provide public awarness newsletters program development library volunteer training and open share and support nights.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $572K | $588K | $512K | $755 | — | $216K |
| 2023 | $312K | $382K | $325K | $2,910 | — | $233K |
| 2022 | $484K | $305K | $255K | $615 | — | $303K |
| 2021 | $269K | $272K | $235K | — | — | $123K |
| 2020 | $250K | $228K | $189K | — | — | $124K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $58K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$327K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Sheppard (board chair); Birkram Deol (treasurer); Lorraine McGratten (hr); Jane Cockton (fundraising); Haider Abdul-Hussain (vice chair); Megan Kant (director-governance); Ghinwa Merei (finance); Julie Sposato (secretary); Sat Kaur (director-fundraising); Tasha Oree (grants).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bereaved Families of Ontario -Halton/peel’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118803667RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.