Dreams & Wishes Children's Charity
Charitable organization · Oshawa, Ontario · BN 756807632RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($117,927) as filed with the CRA.
Dreams & Wishes Children's Charity is a charitable organization based in Oshawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $136K in revenue and $118K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from donations.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1,575 in 2020 to $136K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Various programs aimed to provide children residing in the community who are less fourtunate with a celebration and gift for birthdays and christmas. Dreams and wishes also organizes a program aimed to provide 'comfort dream bags' to help support a family in need at community shealters.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $136K | $118K | $93K | $1,658 | — | $60K |
| 2023 | $65K | $67K | $49K | — | — | $264 |
| 2022 | $40K | $41K | — | — | — | $42K |
| 2021 | $57K | $67K | $54K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $1,575 | $40K | $20K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rick Dougan (vice president); Matt Dyck (director); Marshelle Jezegou (treasurer); Lanya Lewis (secretary); Jennifer Howard (events corrdinator); Ashleigh Graham (director); JC Dougan (president); Bonnie White (events coordinator).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dreams & Wishes Children's Charity’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 756807632RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.