Seeds of Hope Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 139298830RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,335,375) as filed with the CRA.
Seeds of Hope Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from donations. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $900K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $910K in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Core Activities 1. Education Training & Learning - To create inclusive learning opportunities that build confidence skills and community connection for people from all walks of life through creative and therapeutic learning life skills and peer support outdoor learning in gardening farming and foraging as well as volunteer and work readiness programs. 2. Food Security - To ensure access to nutritious food while using food as a tool for connection dignity and community care through weekly food banks meal delivery community meals. 3. Transitional & Emergency Shelter - To provide safe …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.3M | $2.2M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $4.6M | $1.9M | $1.8M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | -$356K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | -$206K |
| 2020 | $910K | $909K | $771K | — | — | -$231K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $900K from 18 charities:
- Daily Bread Food Bank$679K
- Canadahelps Canadon$64K
- Canadahelps Canadon$64K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$35K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$13K
- WCPD Foundation$10K
- Mazon Canada$7,850
- Homeless Cars$6,505
- The EJP For Good Foundation$5,496
- Toronto Foundation$5,400
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$5,250
- Card for Change$3,000
- Rotary Club of North Scarborough Foundation$1,000
- The Brown-Nusbaum Family Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$582
- Esterhazy Baptist Church Inc.$500
- Blythwood Road Baptist Church$300
- Canada Donates Inc.$82
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$133K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elizabeth Chen (secretary); Jean-Martin Mabozi (president); Nigel Mahabir (director); Denise Williams (director); Ian Lubek (director); Eleanor Jane Enticknap (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Seeds of Hope Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139298830RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.