Breakwater Foundation
Private foundation · Colborne, Ontario · BN 764244067RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($209,033) as filed with the CRA.
Breakwater Foundation is a private foundation based in Colborne, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $205K in revenue and $209K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,890.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3,000 in 2024, the largest being $3,000 to Durham Youth Services. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $134K in 2021 to $205K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Breakwater foundation provides support to young women who have experienced homelessness and financial hardship through: - trauma informed holistic health care delivered through a weekly clinic - financial support for students while undertaking post-secondary education in the form of subsidies for rent tuition and living expenses. See www.breakwaterfoundation.com
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $205K | $209K | $206K | — | $3,000 | $306K |
| 2023 | $219K | $130K | $128K | — | — | $311K |
| 2022 | $230K | $95K | $95K | — | — | $222K |
| 2021 | $134K | $47K | $40K | — | — | $87K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$200,000
- From other charities$4,681
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,000 to 1 qualified donee:
- Durham Youth Services$3,000
Received $8,890 from 2 charities:
- The Yellow Bus Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,890
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Naomi Thulien (president); Ryan Thulien (secretary & treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Breakwater Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 764244067RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.