BMG-Brilliant Minds Association
Publicly funded institution · Brampton, Ontario · BN 786922146RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($66,670) as filed with the CRA.
BMG-Brilliant Minds Association is a charitable organization based in Brampton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $60K in revenue and $67K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 72% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $25.
Compared with 163 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Brilliant Minds Group provided webinars seminars and workshops for new immigrants and international students to facilitate their settlement into life in Canada. Program topics included : building networking skills resume-building interview skills Canadian cultural awareness immigration law communication skills financial literacy and linkedin coaching.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $60K | $67K | $39K | — | — | $2,313 |
| 2023 | $144K | $133K | $103K | — | — | -$5,734 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $25 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$47K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dinesh Sharma (founder & ceo); Venu Gandreti (president); Vaidehi Raut (vice president & treasur); Brenda Fernandes (administration director); Hitender Sachdeva (digital marketing director); Shahzad Gidwani (marketing director); Aamir Amla (student relations director); Loralie Prinzen (program director); Nagina Parmar (student relations director); Shweta Maheshwari Sharma (talent management director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from BMG-Brilliant Minds Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 786922146RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.