Sydney Wood Purple Butterfly of Hope Foundation
Private foundation · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 809360035RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($28,700) as filed with the CRA.
Sydney Wood Purple Butterfly of Hope Foundation is a private foundation based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations.
In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,457.
Compared with 627 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $26K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Ronald McDonald House South Central Ontario. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Annual event to raise funds to donate to local charities actively solicits and accepts donations throughout the year ongoing gifts to various local charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | $29K | $1,957 | — | $29K | $7,166 |
| 2023 | $28K | $29K | $2,843 | — | $26K | $7,373 |
| 2022 | $26K | $38K | $926 | — | $38K | $21K |
| 2021 | $72K | $53K | $7,198 | — | $45K | $21K |
| 2020 | $27K | $29K | $651 | — | $29K | $1,554 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other gifts$5,440
- Receipted donations$3,550
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $26K to 10 qualified donees:
- Ronald McDonald House South Central Ontario$5,000
- Comfort Bears$5,000
- Food4Kids Hamilton$5,000
- Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation$5,000
- The Hamilton Dream Center$1,200
- The Angel Project Canada$1,000
- The Living Rock Ministries$1,000
- Essential Aid and Family Services of Ontario Inc.$1,000
- Eva Rothwell Centre$1,000
- Interval House of Hamilton-Wentworth$1,000
Received $4,457 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gregory Wood (director); Suzanne Wood (director); Jacqueline Butts (director); Mallory Wood (director); Kamryn Wood (director); Deborah Hicks (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sydney Wood Purple Butterfly of Hope Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 809360035RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.