Birth Mark
Charitable organization · Newmarket, Ontario · BN 743972515RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($908,394) as filed with the CRA.
Birth Mark is a charitable organization based in Newmarket, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $575K in revenue and $908K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 78% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $239K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $575K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Teaching child birth/newborn classes Safe sleep classes Understanding 1st year of feeding workshops One on one Breastfeeding support In home postpartum support Clothing exchange for moms and babies Lending library Hospital readiness for birth support Diaper formula baby needs supplies transportation support
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $575K | $908K | $859K | $20K | — | $47K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $105K | $9,321 | — | $380K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $238K |
| 2021 | $956K | $1M | $988K | $468 | — | $239K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1M | $666 | — | $319K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $239K from 12 charities:
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$93K
- The Tree of Life Foundation Inc.$35K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$35K
- The Daymark Foundation Inc.$25K
- Balsam Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- The Calgary Foundation$10K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$339
- R&M Lang Foundation$250
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$200
- Troop Impact Foundation—
- Troop Impact Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$527K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maria Espinosa (secretary treasurer); Michelle Stuart (director); Louise Marriot (chair); Claudette Hutchinson (director); Shari Misner (director); Kate Hunt (director); Medina Esmail (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Birth Mark’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 743972515RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.