Blessings to You Free Center
Charitable organization · Palmerston, Ontario · BN 833966567RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($155,438) as filed with the CRA.
Blessings to You Free Center is a charitable organization based in Palmerston, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $152K in revenue and $155K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $200.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers.
It reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $43K in 2024, the largest being $8,310 to Town of Minto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $95K in 2020 to $152K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Blessings provides financial assistance for families in our community to have a better life; and provides support to local programs ie: mental health school programs; youth programs; seniors programs to name a few. Blessings also offers clothing and household items to those in need.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $152K | $155K | $62K | — | $43K | $47K |
| 2023 | $119K | $110K | $31K | — | $43K | — |
| 2022 | $74K | $65K | $20K | — | $11K | — |
| 2021 | $62K | $55K | $6,870 | — | $23K | $36K |
| 2020 | $95K | $95K | $31K | — | $27K | $29K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $43K to 12 qualified donees:
- Town of Minto$8,310
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Wellington$8,000
- Palmerston and District Hospital Foundation$6,000
- Community Resource Centre of North and Centre Wellington$5,000
- The Minto Municipal Services Corporation$3,000
- Palmerston: James Street United Church$3,000
- Palmerston: James Street United Church$3,000
- Youth for Christ/canada$2,000
- Township of Mapleton$2,000
- Victims Services Wellington$1,000
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$1,000
- Alzheimer Society Waterloo Wellington$1,000
Received $200 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Deanna Martin (secretary); Joanne Caughill (co-chair & treasurer); Linda Milmine (director); Diane Speers (director); Alberta Hovingh (director); Jean Vanderkoy (director); Connie Robinson (director); Mary Faye Burns (director); Miranda Doan (director); Barbara Burrows (director); Ann Tooley (director + co-chair); Barbara Richmond (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blessings to You Free Center’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 833966567RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.