My Arms Wide Open
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 822658068RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2020-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,120) as filed with the CRA.
My Arms Wide Open is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, it reported $6,467 in revenue and $1,120 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $48.
Compared with 3,158 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The foundation raises funds to advance education by developing and establishing educational programs to relieve poverty in South Africa and other developing nations by providing support and loans to financially needy persons to start autonomous small businesses.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2020
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $6,467 | $1,120 | $3,758 | — | — | $2,527 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $48 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2020)
Warren Te Brugge (founder and chair); Kimberly Te Brugge (director); Edward Te Brugge (director and vice chair); Madelaine Hatch (director); Richard Filey (director); James Ameduri (director); Keabetswe Mosumane (director); Helen Lieberman (advisor).
As listed on its 2020 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from My Arms Wide Open’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822658068RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.