Brave Beginnings
Charitable organization · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 812576585RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($22,770) as filed with the CRA.
Brave Beginnings is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $36K in revenue and $23K in expenditures.
In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 1,274 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Brave beginnings is a registered charity that matches women survivors of abuse violence or opression with trained mentors helping them rebuild their lives through friendship and support. Together each pair embark on a year-long journey of peer mentorship working together to help the survivor reach their personal goals and providing support friendship and empathy along the way.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $36K | $23K | $14K | — | — | $24K |
| 2023 | $12K | $3,272 | $1,545 | — | — | $11K |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | $1,846 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $20K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aileen Virola (co-chair); Julie Oden (co-chair); Justin Schurman (vice chair); Manju Khaper (treasurer); Sana Khokar (director); Nimish Bhatt (secretary); Samra Zafar (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brave Beginnings’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 812576585RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.