The Children's Grief Foundation of Canada
Public foundation · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 701673287RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($31,779) as filed with the CRA.
The Children's Grief Foundation of Canada is a public foundation based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $113K in revenue and $32K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from donations, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $19K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $23K in 2024, the largest being $4,000 to Alberta Parenting for the Future Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $17K in 2020 to $113K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The mission of the the children's grief foundation of canada (the 'foundation') is to reduce financial barriers by providing funds to help develop or expand programs in canada that support grieving children and their families. Also the foundation aims to support research and innovation in children's bereavement. The foundation raises funds to distribute to canadian registered charities that support children's bereavement.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $113K | $32K | — | — | $23K | $100K |
| 2023 | $23K | $16K | $1,500 | — | $13K | $19K |
| 2022 | $16K | $13K | $5,305 | — | $5,700 | $12K |
| 2021 | $14K | $15K | $4,560 | — | $10K | $8,704 |
| 2020 | $17K | $7,886 | $1,283 | — | — | $9,295 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $23K to 6 qualified donees:
Received $19K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marissa Slaven (chair); Christina Walton (president); Kim Alvarado (director); Lisa Smith (director); Susan Barrett (treasurer); Oren Levine (director); Bridget Halfyard (director); Laura Lynn Felker (director); Patricia Nicholson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Children's Grief Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 701673287RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.