The Volunteer Well
Publicly funded institution · Grimsby, Ontario · BN 772435947RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($47,152) as filed with the CRA.
The Volunteer Well is a private foundation based in Grimsby, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $25K in revenue and $47K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,003.
Compared with 163 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7,899 in 2022 to $25K in 2024.
In its own words
The Volunteer Well is a Canadian non-profit charity that connects volunteers who offer their skills and time (i.e. 'givers') and individuals who need support (i.e. 'receivers') directly aiming to create a more inclusive compassionate society through a direct-source volunteering model. By bridging the gap between demand and supply of charitable resources as well as by offering programs and courses it empowers individuals and strengthens communities particularly focusing on marginalized groups such as women elderly new immigrants low-income youth people with disabilities and those fac…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $25K | $47K | $37K | — | $0 | -$48K |
| 2023 | $14K | $41K | $37K | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2022 | $7,899 | $3,340 | $3,340 | — | $0 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,003 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Volunteer Well’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 772435947RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.