The Starfish Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Burlington, Ontario · BN 862204898RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,288) as filed with the CRA.
The Starfish Foundation is a private foundation based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $12K in revenue and $14K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $12K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Stella's Place Assessment and Treatment Centre. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1,600 in 2020 to $12K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Continuing assistance to other registered charities. General support of children; activites and education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12K | $14K | $2,317 | — | $12K | — |
| 2023 | $4,000 | — | — | — | — | $14K |
| 2022 | $4,000 | $1,044 | $44 | — | $1,000 | $10K |
| 2021 | $4,400 | $59 | $59 | — | — | $7,332 |
| 2020 | $1,600 | $24K | $30 | — | $24K | $2,991 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12K to 3 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joanne Shields (president); Kevin Shields (vice president); Carol Fenn (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Starfish Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862204898RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.