Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.
Public foundation · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 819882655RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,204,804) as filed with the CRA.
Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc. is a public foundation based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $16.7M in revenue and $16.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from donations. In 2024, 114 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $255K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 255 qualified donees totalling $12.3M in 2024, the largest being $344K to United Way of Perth-Huron. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.1M in 2020 to $16.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Cnoy program - coldest night of the year ride program - ride for refuge tgp program - the grande parade lsg program - love sweat and gears
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16.7M | $16.2M | $3.3M | — | $12.3M | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $15.2M | $15.3M | $2.9M | — | $11.9M | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $13.5M | $13.7M | $2.7M | — | $10.7M | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $12.6M | $11.8M | $2.2M | — | $9.3M | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $9.1M | $8.5M | $1.9M | — | $6.5M | $565K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12.3M to 255 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- United Way of Perth-Huron$344K
- Sources Community Resources Society$236K
- Ray of Hope Inc.$203K
- Pacific Community Church$203K
- Island Crisis Care Society$197K
- Fort York Food Bank a Non-Profit Corporation$182K
- Home Horizon Georgian Triangle Residential Services$179K
- Regeneration Outreach Community$176K
- Hope House Guelph$174K
- Orillia Christian Centre$172K
- Bissell Centre$151K
- Southwestern Ontario Youth for Christ$147K
- Gravenhurst Against Poverty G.A.P.$143K
- Inn From the Cold Inc.$141K
- Souls Harbour Rescue Mission$141K
- Start Me Up Niagara$139K
- The Ottawa Mission$135K
- Metro Community$135K
- Orangeville Food Bank : Caring for the Community$131K
- Operation Sharing of Woodstock$129K
- Our Place Society$129K
- Cityreach CARE Society$126K
- Youth Impact Jeunesse Inc.$123K
- Blue Door Support Services$123K
- The Refuge Youth Outreach Centre$122K
Received $255K from 114 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$78K
- Gary and Gail Grelish Foundation$19K
- Blais-Green Charitable Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$9,000
- Kelowna Christian Center Society$6,405
- Rotary Club of Semiahmoo (white Rock) B.C. Canada Charitable Trust$5,693
- WDMH Foundation$5,019
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,016
- Schein Foundation$5,000
- Ross-Shire Foundation$5,000
- The Calgary Foundation$5,000
- Malcolm J. Jenkins Family Foundation Incorporated$5,000
- Summerside Y Service Club$5,000
- WCPD Foundation$5,000
- Ehatare Foundation$5,000
- Blessings Community Store$4,000
- Butterley Family Foundation Inc$4,000
- Canadian Medical Foundation$3,938
- Burnaby Fire Fighters Charitable Society$3,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$3,000
- Hallmark Giving$3,000
- Alderwood United Church$2,595
- Benevolent Society of Grimsby and District$2,500
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$2,133
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$2,133
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeremy Cain (board member); Linda Goodall (board member); Neil Ostrandr (board chair); Peter Irwin (board member); Sarah Adams (board member); Kyla Arsenault (board member); Scott Brush (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819882655RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.