BIG Hearts Canada Foundation
Private foundation · Welland, Ontario · BN 785044900RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($84,711) as filed with the CRA.
BIG Hearts Canada Foundation is a private foundation based in Welland, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $79K in revenue and $85K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from other charities.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $29K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Femmes du Feu Creations. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1,986 in 2021 to $79K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Raffles Silent Auctions General Fundraising Activities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $79K | $85K | $53K | — | $29K | $89K |
| 2023 | $160K | $97K | — | $47K | $36K | $95K |
| 2022 | $57K | $23K | $21K | — | — | $32K |
| 2021 | $1,986 | $4,733 | — | — | — | -$2,747 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $29K to 15 qualified donees:
- Femmes du Feu Creations$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,400
- Holiday Helpers Canada$3,825
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Ottawa / Grandes Freres Grands Soeurs d'Ottawa$1,600
- Sudbury Young Women's Christian Association$1,500
- Mamas for Mamas$1,500
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$1,500
- Crossroads for Women Inc.$1,500
- Community CARE Network Society$1,500
- Calgary Cerebral Palsy Association$1,350
- Holiday Hamper Foundation$1,250
- The Windsor-Essex Children's Aid Foundation$1,200
- Liberty Lane Inc$1,200
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$1,010
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Billyard (president); Cindy Billyard (director); Cody Douma (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from BIG Hearts Canada Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 785044900RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.