FreeHelpCK
Charitable organization · Chatham, Ontario · BN 764444402RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($97,159) as filed with the CRA.
FreeHelpCK is a charitable organization based in Chatham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $101K in revenue and $97K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
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 37% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $49K in 2022 to $101K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the organization is to help eliminate poverty in the chatham-kent community and provide assistance for everyone regardless of race ethnicity creed gender orientation or background. Programs operated by the charity include: provision of hot meals filling and providing backpacks to students in need and hosting various events for the purposes of helping to eliminate poverty in the chatham-kent community and raising funds to help support ongoing operations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $101K | $97K | $80K | — | — | $17K |
| 2023 | $141K | $112K | $90K | $9,386 | $225 | $66K |
| 2022 | $49K | $48K | $42K | $2,115 | $1,211 | $37K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $17K from 10 charities:
- ST Paul's Congregational Church (chatham Ontario)$6,000
- Calvin Christian School Society of Chatham$4,200
- Ursuline Religious of the Diocese of London in Ontario$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,875
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,155
- Mount Zion Presbyterian Church$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$481
- Emmanuel Congregational Church of Ridgetown$250
- Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire$200
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Geri Ann Hughson (president); Tim Haskell (director); Kathy O'Neill (director); Tracy-Lynn Havens (director); Michele Mulhern (treasurer); Kim Scoyne (director); Kaleena Cryderman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from FreeHelpCK’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 764444402RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.