Help Fill a Dream Foundation of Canada
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 118955830RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($850,744) as filed with the CRA.
Help Fill a Dream Foundation of Canada is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $689K in revenue and $851K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from donations, 6% from government, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $153K.
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 27% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $689K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Help fill a dream is a charitable foundation that fosters hope and happiness for vancouver island children with life-threatening conditions by fulfilling dreams helping families and improving quality of life. 'dream' means the request of the child applicant and may include things such as but not limited to a trip celebrity meeting or a tangible object such as a computer. 'family assistance' means assistance provided to families in order to ease the burden of unexpected costs and challenges associated with the child's condition. 'quality of life initiatives' provide focused funding to impr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $689K | $851K | $643K | $53K | — | $454K |
| 2023 | $738K | $785K | $561K | $52K | $40K | $616K |
| 2022 | $721K | $798K | $570K | $81K | $10K | $663K |
| 2021 | $804K | $1M | $757K | $90K | $10K | $740K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $992K | $44K | — | $937K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $153K from 13 charities:
- Hyatt Family Foundation$30K
- The Victoria Foundation$27K
- Hyatt Family Foundation$23K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$22K
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$20K
- Hyatt Family Foundation$10K
- Barterpay It Forward Foundation$8,589
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$3,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,800
- Imperial Tobacco Employees Charity Fund (montreal) les Fonds de Charite des Employes d'Imperial Tobacco (montreal)$2,700
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,563
- The Western Communities Foundation$811
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$189K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anthony Baldo (president); Pam Chandla (vice president); Tracie Cownden (director); Jennifer Furry (director); Lindsay Gaudette (director); James Haley-Browning (treasurer); Denyse Koo (director); Madison Liew (director); Erin Long (director); Jim Pullan (director); Craig Smith (executive director); Tara Williams (director); Scott Wilson (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Help Fill a Dream Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118955830RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.