BON Smiles
Publicly funded institution · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 750808545RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,899) as filed with the CRA.
BON Smiles is a charitable organization based in Saint John, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $59K in revenue and $11K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 162 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Welfare Packages: BON Smiles is committed to assembling welfare packages that include essential iytems such as toiletries hygienic products blankets non-perishable food and other necessary supplies. These packages are distributed to vulnerable individuals and families providing them with much needed support and relief during challenging circumstances.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $59K | $11K | $0 | — | $0 | $48K |
| 2023 | $0 | $650 | $0 | — | $0 | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nurudeen Elegbede (executive director); Adebayo Ogunleye (executive director); Margaret Solomon (director); Yetunde Elegbede (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from BON Smiles’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 750808545RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.