Mobile Giving Foundation Canada
Public foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 849455662RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($286,523) as filed with the CRA.
Mobile Giving Foundation Canada is a public foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $399K in revenue and $287K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 111% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 94 qualified donees totalling $291K in 2024, the largest being $64K to Operation Enfant Soleil. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Provide the organizational element that enables charitable giving through carrier-billed donations across wireless carrier platforms. Oversee responsibility for complince with all federal and provincial laws and regulations. Develop manage and keep standards for participation. Certify registered charities participation and giving campaigns. Manage message delivery and billing solutions across carriers. Manage assigned short codes to be utilized by charities for mobile giving. Act as billing settlement and records clearinghouse between carriers and participating charities. Manage ongoing techn…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $399K | $287K | $261K | — | — | $235K |
| 2023 | $266K | $335K | $296K | — | — | $122K |
| 2022 | $275K | $300K | $263K | — | — | $191K |
| 2021 | $319K | $280K | $217K | — | — | $216K |
| 2020 | $297K | $257K | $223K | — | — | $178K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $291K to 94 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Operation Enfant Soleil$64K
- Moisson Laurentides$42K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$37K
- Variety - the Children's Charity of BC$25K
- The Janeway Children's Hospital Foundation$21K
- Fondation de Lauberiviere$14K
- Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation$12K
- Le groupe communautaire L'Itinéraire$7,930
- Socks 4 Souls Canada Inc.$6,010
- CHUM Charitable Foundation$4,745
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$4,560
- Fondation Véro & Louis$4,145
- Breakfast Club of Canada$4,015
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$3,790
- The Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation$3,780
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$2,275
- Edmonton Gleaners Association$2,270
- I W K Health Centre Charitable Foundation$2,260
- Fondation de L'École Supérieure de Ballet du Québec$2,200
- The Toronto Humane Society$2,185
- A Dollar A Day Foundation$1,910
- The Terry Fox Foundation$1,850
- Children's Health Foundation$1,685
- Tel-aide Montréal$1,240
- Cancercare Manitoba Foundation Inc.$960
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bernie Forestell (director); Andrew Edwards (director); Jim Manis (past-chair); Robert Chiz (chair); Denise Heckbert (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mobile Giving Foundation Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 849455662RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.