Open to Grow
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 806516852RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($33,557) as filed with the CRA.
Open to Grow is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $85K in revenue and $34K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,954.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $18K in 2020 to $85K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To relieve poverty in the developing world through the provision of microloans to impoverished men and women in business.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $85K | $34K | $34K | — | — | $267K |
| 2023 | $56K | $27K | $27K | — | — | $215K |
| 2022 | $44K | $27K | $27K | — | — | $190K |
| 2021 | $24K | $29K | $29K | — | — | $157K |
| 2020 | $18K | $34K | $34K | — | — | $172K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,954 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Brown (chairman); Karen Brown (director); Heather Gore-Hickman (director); Michael Flatters (director); Jillian Lam (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Open to Grow’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 806516852RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.