Comfort Bears Inc
Charitable organization · Ancaster, Ontario · BN 782530547RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($134,180) as filed with the CRA.
Comfort Bears Inc is a charitable organization based in Ancaster, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $152K in revenue and $134K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 18% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $134K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $17K in 2021 to $152K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Providing stuffed bears to children battling terminal illness or trauma. Through partnerships developped with community organizations the bears are gifted to children most in need.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $152K | $134K | $126K | $13K | — | $82K |
| 2023 | $119K | $104K | $85K | $5,000 | $0 | $64K |
| 2022 | $112K | $73K | $55K | $0 | $0 | $45K |
| 2021 | $17K | $7,110 | $2,000 | — | $0 | $9,962 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $134K from 13 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$38K
- Canadahelps Canadon$38K
- DKM Foundation$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,479
- Charity of Hope$5,000
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Alice and Murray Maitland Foundation$5,000
- The Sprott Foundation$5,000
- Sam and Roma Mercanti Foundation$2,500
- Kelly Dunham Memorial Foundation$2,500
- Hamilton Community Foundation$2,000
- The London Police Association Charity Fund$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$196
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lena Bassford (chair); Assunta Fioravanti (vice chair); Donya Markos (director); Priya Bhatia (director); Nicole Martin (director); Jennifer Mazzarolo (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Comfort Bears Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 782530547RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.