Shine through the Rain Foundation
Charitable organization · Keswick, Ontario · BN 891881005RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($937,522) as filed with the CRA.
Shine through the Rain Foundation is a charitable organization based in Keswick, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $846K in revenue and $938K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from donations. In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $191K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The charity carries on four major programs including 1) rainy day fund providing financial services for non-medical expenses associated with life threatening illnesses I.e. Past-due rent utilities. 2) rainy day gifts bags provided to men women and children facing a life threatening illness. 3) camp scholarships for children and siblings following treatment of a life threatening illness 4) backpacks for children recovering from a life threatening illness.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $846K | $938K | $425K | $277K | — | $310K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.1M | $669K | $298K | — | $402K |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.1M | $639K | $335K | — | $515K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $503K | $364K | — | $577K |
| 2020 | $1M | $812K | $295K | $371K | — | $577K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $191K from 32 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$38K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$10K
- Our Lady of the Prairies Foundation$8,000
- Hodgson Family Foundation$8,000
- Gay Lea Foundation$7,500
- Hamilton Community Foundation$6,500
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$6,313
- Alice and Murray Maitland Foundation$5,000
- The George Lunan Foundation$5,000
- The Ben and Hilda Katz Charitable Foundation$5,000
- CHUM Charitable Foundation$4,300
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$4,000
- Mazon Canada$4,000
- The Toronto Star Children's Charities$3,040
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,929
- The Eastern Ontario & Western Quebec Christmas Cheer Foundation/la Fondation Esprit de Noel de l'Est de l'Ontario et l'Ouest du Québec$2,900
- Flemming Charitable Foundation$2,500
- Pickering Rotary Club Charitable Trust$2,000
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,260
- Rose Volunteers for Community Assistance$1,000
- Religieuses de Notre Dame du Sacre Coeur$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$222K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chris Ablett (director); Tracey Robertson (director); Jim Anderson (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shine through the Rain Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891881005RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.