The Sunshine Foundation of Canada
Charitable organization · London, Ontario · BN 129954822RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,304,139) as filed with the CRA.
The Sunshine Foundation of Canada is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from donations. In 2024, 41 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $289K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Shine delivers dreams for young people ages 11-21 living with severe physical disabilities in canada
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $2.3M | $1.3M | $722K | — | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $2.3M | $1.2M | $958K | — | $4M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.9M | $1M | $683K | — | $4.8M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $1.5M | $681K | $584K | — | $5.6M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $416K | $654K | — | $4.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $289K from 41 charities:
- Air Canada Foundation$25K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$25K
- Sofina Foundation$24K
- London Knights Alumni Foundation$23K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Chamandy Foundation$20K
- The Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fund$20K
- The Windsor Foundation$12K
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,512
- London Knights Alumni Foundation$8,100
- The Polykar Foundation$6,443
- Wilf and Jean Bell Foundation$6,413
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$6,000
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$5,384
- Honda Canada Foundation$5,000
- The Henslow-Brown Foundation$5,000
- Bourassa Savaria Foundation$5,000
- Mowbray and Doris Sifton Family Foundation$5,000
- Vancouver Foundation$3,000
- DR. Leonard Reeves Foundation$2,500
- The Henry White Kinnear Foundation$2,500
- Stephen Smith & Dorothy Woltz Foundation$2,500
- Lohn Foundation$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Henderson (chair); Jim Cassidy (director); Lisa Gibson (director); Marco Pasqua (director); Dan Pompilii (treasurer); Subtej Nijjar (director); Michelle McNeill (director); Sarah Bouwer (secretary); Michelle Saba (director); Brian Flaman (director); Alan Hollingsworth (director); Taylor Lindsay-Noel (director); Michelle Ribout (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sunshine Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129954822RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.