Grindstone Award Foundation
Charitable organization · Penticton, British Columbia · BN 801806191RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($82,322) as filed with the CRA.
Grindstone Award Foundation is a charitable organization based in Penticton, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $115K in revenue and $82K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations, 33% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $54K.
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 91% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $18K in 2020 to $115K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The foundation offers financial assistance to young females from low-income families so they can participate in hockey-related activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $115K | $82K | $6,626 | $0 | $76K | $177K |
| 2023 | $127K | $34K | $5,419 | $0 | $29K | $153K |
| 2022 | $92K | $45K | — | — | $23K | $69K |
| 2021 | $8,628 | $20K | $107 | — | $12K | $22K |
| 2020 | $18K | $20K | $1,255 | — | $11K | $33K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $54K from 9 charities:
- Canucks for Kids Fund$20K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,104
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$450
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$392
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$157
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sue Bedier (secretary); Paula Busch (treasurer); Jehan Jiwa (vice president); Danielle Bell (president); Kristen Hagg (director); Dawn Widdifield (director); Melissa Talaro (director); Haley Rath (director); Tanya Giaqunito (director); Kirsten Lipscombe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Grindstone Award Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801806191RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.