Teresina Larizza Charities Foundation
Charitable organization · London, Ontario · BN 864643598RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($119,656) as filed with the CRA.
Teresina Larizza Charities Foundation is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $100K in revenue and $120K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $50K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $207K in 2020 to $100K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Distributing gifts to children for christmas and throughout the year for sick children operation of the santa house in downtown london.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $100K | $120K | $112K | $4,932 | — | $40K |
| 2023 | $99K | $122K | $119K | — | — | $59K |
| 2022 | $108K | $177K | $174K | $3,046 | — | $82K |
| 2021 | $158K | $153K | — | — | — | $151K |
| 2020 | $207K | $140K | — | — | — | $145K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $50K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leo Larizza (president); Dominic Mescia (secretary); Mike McRae (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Teresina Larizza Charities Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864643598RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.