Serra Foundation of Canada
Charitable organization · Concord, Ontario · BN 862376050RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($91,745) as filed with the CRA.
Serra Foundation of Canada is a charitable organization based in Concord, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $164K in revenue and $92K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations, 28% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $79K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers.
It reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $71K in 2024, the largest being $14K to Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
To support the charitable works of the canadian serra clubs' members by providing educational materials etc. For the general public and financial support for individuals persuing a catholic religious vocation and the catholic institutions that educate them. To foster and promote vocations to the ministerial priesthood and religious life in the catholic church. We are continuing on with our fundraising gala dinner and luncheon. This program is to honor the current seminarians who are studying in the ontario seminaries and will be ordained as roman catholic priests in the current year for the…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $164K | $92K | $19K | — | $71K | $745K |
| 2023 | $148K | $99K | $18K | — | $79K | $673K |
| 2022 | $36K | $100K | $36K | — | $63K | $623K |
| 2021 | $239K | $146K | $33K | — | $103K | $688K |
| 2020 | $182K | $199K | $118K | — | $73K | $595K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $71K to 19 qualified donees:
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto$14K
- ST. Peter's Seminary Foundation$13K
- St. Augustine's Seminary of Toronto$5,920
- Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy for Studies in Christian Culture$5,000
- Serra Club of Toronto$4,480
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$3,000
- The Foundation of St. Joseph Seminary and Newman Theological College$3,000
- National Catholic Broadcasting Council$2,250
- Grand Séminaire de l'Archidiocèse de Montréal$2,000
- Séminaire Missionnaire Diocésain International Rédemptoris Mater De Québec$2,000
- L'Oeuvre des Clercs du Diocece de Quebec$2,000
- Seminary of Christ the King$2,000
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$2,000
- Redemptoris Mater Missionary Seminary Archdiocese of Toronto$2,000
- Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Seminary$2,000
- Catholic Christian Outreach of Canada Inc$1,500
- Office of Vocations for Diocese of Hamilton$1,500
- Office of Vocations for Diocese of London$1,500
- Cnewa Canada$1,500
Received $79K from 10 charities:
- The Bedolfe Foundation$26K
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Toronto in Canada$23K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- Lamb Foundation$5,000
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$5,000
- Damiani Foundation$2,700
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$2,496
- Savage Foundation$2,000
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$900
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$125
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Vila Nova Carvalho (director); Steve D'Agostini (treasurer); George Damiani (director); John Gennaro (director); Celeste Iacobelli (director); Anthony Mangione (director); Moira McQueen (director); Fran Pulumbarit (director); Lou Reitzel (director); Mario Biscardi (past president); Julian Fantino (director); Matthew McQueen (director); John Patrick Savage (president); Rose Savage (director); Michael Pasquale (secretary); Marissa Perez Roldan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Serra Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862376050RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.