The Prevent Challenge Foundation of Niagara
Public foundation · ST. Catharines, Ontario · BN 135826857RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($38,248) as filed with the CRA.
The Prevent Challenge Foundation of Niagara is a public foundation based in ST. Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $88K in revenue and $38K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,274 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $24K in 2024, the largest being $18K to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Niagara. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $56K in 2020 to $88K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The prevent challenge foundation of niagara is dedicated to providing financial assistance primarily to teenagers to develop applied skills and kmowledge for employment economic success and responsible citizenship in a global economy. Funds are provided to registered charities pursuant to the income tax act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $88K | $38K | — | — | $24K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $93K | $31K | — | — | $15K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | -$29K | $37K | — | — | $18K | $1M |
| 2021 | $238K | $39K | — | — | $23K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $56K | $59K | — | — | $45K | $897K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, March 31, 2024
- Other income$86,195
- Investment income$826
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 $24K to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Albert Calaguiro (board member); Paul Doyle (treasurer); Tom Lockhart (board member); Gary McClelland (board member); Brian McMullan (board member); Patricia Rooney (board member); Gordon Sheehan (president); Harry Thorsteinson (board member); Nicole Thwaites (vice president); James Wells (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Prevent Challenge Foundation of Niagara’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135826857RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.