Hashtag Charitable Foundation
Public foundation · Sarnia, Ontario · BN 846821825RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($56,206) as filed with the CRA.
Hashtag Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Sarnia, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $45K in revenue and $56K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 1,274 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $35K in 2024, the largest being $5,820 to The Inn of the Good Shepherd (sarnia ) Inc. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $11K in 2020 to $45K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The foundation participates in educational opportunities and supports charitable events which will further community development
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $45K | $56K | — | — | $35K | -$15K |
| 2023 | $99K | $108K | — | $35K | $50K | -$5,123 |
| 2022 | $94K | $55K | — | — | $35K | -$16K |
| 2021 | — | $3,553 | — | — | $3,553 | — |
| 2020 | $11K | $10K | $8,950 | — | — | $351 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $35K to 15 qualified donees:
- The Inn of the Good Shepherd (sarnia ) Inc$5,820
- River City Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Sarnia$4,639
- Lambton Kent Education Foundation$4,256
- The Women's Interval Home of Sarnia and Lambton Inc.$3,484
- Southwestern Ontario Optimist Conductive Ed Trust Fund$3,472
- Organization for Literacy in Lambton$2,904
- Pathways Health Centre for Children$2,740
- Bluewater Gymnastics$2,350
- A Program for Youth$1,208
- Noelle's Gift to Children$1,000
- Habitat for Humanity - Sarnia/lambton$1,000
- Alzheimer Society of Sarnia-Lambton$1,000
- ST. Clair Child & Youth Services$685
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sarnia-Lambton$455
- The Sarnia Organ Donor's Awareness Group$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paresh Thakkar (board member); Carissa Horley (past chair); Justin Beaulieu (secretary treasurer); Craig Musico (director); Mark Hodgins (board member); Brendan Carney Killian (board member); Heather Haight (board member); Scott McKay (ex-officio); Laura Greaves (ex-officio); Rich Bouchard (ex-officio).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hashtag Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846821825RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.