Osmow's Hope Fund
Private foundation · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 712536689RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($106,626) as filed with the CRA.
Osmow's Hope Fund is a private foundation based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $107K in revenue and $107K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $76.
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 66% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $70K in 2024, the largest being $70K to ST Mary's Food Bank. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
To relieve poverty by purchasing and distributing supplies and necessities to those in need in canada and worldwide; with an emphasis on those in third world and developing countries as well as countries struck by natural disasters. To relieve poverty by building wells orphanages shelters and other more capital intensive necessities such as infrastructure in third world or developing nations in collaborations with local organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $107K | $107K | — | — | $100K | $75K |
| 2023 | $121K | $45K | — | — | $30K | $75K |
| 2022 | $166K | $113K | — | — | $17K | $53K |
| 2021 | $2,557 | $2,557 | $2,557 | — | $2,557 | — |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $70K to 1 qualified donee:
- ST Mary's Food Bank$70K
Received $76 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ben Osmow (director); Bernadette Osmow (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Osmow's Hope Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 712536689RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.