Holiday Helpers Canada
Private foundation · Etobicoke, Ontario · BN 833273022RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,646,223) as filed with the CRA.
Holiday Helpers Canada is a private foundation based in Etobicoke, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $79K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. 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.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The organization's purpose is to provide low income families with young children a one-time opportunity to receive a christmas hamper filled with items from wishlists submitted by the recipient family.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.6M | $2.4M | — | — | $429K |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.5M | $2.5M | — | — | $554K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.6M | — | — | $664K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $609 | — | $534K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $5,442 | — | $146K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $79K from 12 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$41K
- The Lewitt Family Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,275
- BIG Hearts Canada Foundation$3,825
- Gloria Baylis Foundation$2,200
- Clench House Foundation$2,000
- Honda Canada Foundation$1,650
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,443
- Vancouver Foundation$1,350
- Toronto Foundation$1,100
- Covell and Edwina Foundation$1,000
- McCarthy Tetrault Foundation$1,000
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$125K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richardo Couto (president); Wendy Kennah (secretary); Lani Furnerton (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Holiday Helpers Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 833273022RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.