Bereaved Families of Ontario
Charitable organization · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 871593117RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($284,757) as filed with the CRA.
Bereaved Families of Ontario is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $247K in revenue and $285K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations, 40% from government, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $93K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
1. Parents grieving the death of an infant (pregnancy to age 2) 2. Parents grieving the death of a child (age 3 to adult) 3. Healing little hearts-this is a closed group for preschoolers (ages 4-7) and their caregivers-6 week program 4. Good grief-closed program for teenagers 5. Educational sessions for adults grieving the death of a loved one including understanding grief grief in the workplace and anything but merry 6. One-on-one support-volunteers are matched with individuals or families for support when programming is not currently available 7. Living with loss-twice a monthly adul…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $247K | $285K | $181K | $29K | — | $9,199 |
| 2023 | $287K | $298K | $192K | $30K | — | $47K |
| 2022 | $236K | $290K | $139K | $32K | — | $58K |
| 2021 | $311K | $297K | $136K | $48K | — | $112K |
| 2020 | $256K | $218K | $137K | $11K | — | $97K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $93K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$215K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rebecca Hahn (treasurer); Jenna Mayne (director); Carly Pettinger (chair); James Sebastian-Scott (director); Crystal Thagard (vice-chair); Brittany Wellington (director); Jessica Romero (director); Shelly Dhaliwal (director).
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 871593117RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.