Bereaved Families of Ontario
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 865892319RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($42,511) as filed with the CRA.
Bereaved Families of Ontario is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $50K in revenue and $43K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 27% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 1,620 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $98K in 2020 to $50K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We provide bereavement support for bereaved family members through no fee peersupport programs based on a self-help/mutual aid model. Our programs include support groups one to one support telephone support telephone information service bi-monthly newsletters community events library materials annual volunteer training and updates.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $50K | $43K | $34K | — | — | $42K |
| 2022 | $131K | $143K | $92K | $40K | — | $31K |
| 2021 | $98K | $112K | $104K | — | — | $43K |
| 2020 | $98K | $103K | $91K | $6,075 | — | $56K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $40K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$4,500
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Denise Vanderveen (chair); Sarah Rock (vice chair); Cindy Amberman (director); George Kalopsis (director); Shari Good (director pac liasion).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bereaved Families of Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 865892319RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.