Gardens of Hope Charity
Charitable organization · Brantford, Ontario · BN 875828808RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($567,521) as filed with the CRA.
Gardens of Hope Charity is a charitable organization based in Brantford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $495K in revenue and $568K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from donations, 18% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $125K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To equip low-income ugandans in kampala and people living in refugee settlements in northern uganada to become food-secure by planting gardens. There is an agency relationship with cal bombay ministries uganada. To provide spiritual help in refugees. There is an agency agreement with good friends church.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $495K | $568K | $419K | $44 | — | $77K |
| 2023 | $560K | $580K | $440K | $5,370 | — | $150K |
| 2022 | $421K | $465K | $336K | — | — | $169K |
| 2021 | $468K | $518K | $430K | $12K | — | $213K |
| 2020 | $518K | $461K | $377K | $2,702 | — | $263K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $125K from 16 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation$30K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,000
- Valleyview Pentecostal Evangel Temple$2,500
- Crowsnest Community Baptist Church$2,000
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$2,000
- Medicine Hat Church of God (Pentecostal)$1,272
- New Life Christian Fellowship$1,200
- The People's Church Incorporated$1,000
- Rawdon Street Baptist Church$1,000
- Cross Roads Pentecostal Assembly$851
- Selkirk Christian Chapel$800
- Rimbey New Life Fellowship$500
- Evangel Family Church$200
- Abundance Canada$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$175K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cheryl Robitaille (director/audit review); Dwayne Budgell (chair/audit review); Keith Garrett (treasurer); Arnie Small (director); Michel Chikwanine (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gardens of Hope Charity’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 875828808RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.