Sew On Fire Ministries
Charitable organization · Burlington, Ontario · BN 855668554RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($404,946) as filed with the CRA.
Sew On Fire Ministries is a charitable organization based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $844K in revenue and $405K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from donations. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $81K.
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 91% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 91% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $235K in 2020 to $844K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Sew on fire's numerous volunteers record manage and coordinate the receipt of sorting and storage of donated materials and supplies. Volunteers sort package and assemble custom gift bags for distribution in canada and globally through canadian registered charities. The activities of sew on fire are promoted through speaking engagements fundraising and printed materials to help relieve poverty in canada and the world. The charity is 100% volunteer.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $844K | $405K | $405K | $2,085 | — | $655K |
| 2023 | $174K | $216K | — | $756 | $500 | $216K |
| 2022 | $209K | $214K | $197K | $3,653 | — | $258K |
| 2021 | $202K | $148K | $148K | $319 | — | $263K |
| 2020 | $235K | $201K | $199K | $1,711 | — | $209K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $81K from 19 charities:
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$18K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- Glad Tidings Pentecostal Church$9,996
- Bethel Gospel Tabernacle (hamilton) Incorporated$7,500
- BenefAction Foundation$5,039
- The Fred and Jane Reinders Foundation$5,000
- Peoples Church Hamilton$4,125
- Reapers in the Rain International$4,000
- The Rotary Club of Burlington-Lakeshore Trust Fund$3,546
- United Way of Greater Toronto$3,000
- Canadian Medical Foundation$1,729
- Central Pentecostal Church Centre Wellington$1,500
- Georgetown Christian Fellowship$1,110
- The Creek Foundation$1,000
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$1,000
- Glad Tidings Community Church$720
- Innova Classical Christian Academy$525
- Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal Assembly$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$65
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Carlan (director); Margaret Gibb (director); Jeffrey Hagar (secretary treasurer); Wendy Hagar (director); Jack Hawkins (chairman); Susan Wells (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sew On Fire Ministries’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 855668554RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.