Thrive For Good
Charitable organization · Richmond Hill, Ontario · BN 861028298RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,210,629) as filed with the CRA.
Thrive For Good is a charitable organization based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 18% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $206K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $563K in 2024, the largest being $563K to Organics 4 Orphans International. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $512K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
We centre on rural farming; our goal is to transform agriculture to help the poor in africa lift themselves to the next of development creating a brighter future for the orphans in their communities. To equip the poor in africa and india about organic gardening and natural medicine. To empower those in impoverished nationals from food reliance to food sufficiency. This is done by equipping small-scale farmers with resources and knowledge to farm organically and productively. To alleviate the strain of food insecurity in the poor orphans in the rural areas by creating the capacity in those comm…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $400K | $108K | $563K | $432K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $933K | $702K | — | $418K | $405K |
| 2022 | $905K | $928K | $603K | — | — | $220K |
| 2021 | $692K | $644K | $407K | — | — | $243K |
| 2020 | $512K | $433K | $348K | — | — | $258K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $563K to 1 qualified donee:
- Organics 4 Orphans International$563K
Received $206K from 16 charities:
- Malberry Foundation$75K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$45K
- The Charis Foundation$25K
- Heronbrook Foundation$20K
- The Great Big Red Barn Foundation$13K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,816
- The Foundation Office.ca$5,000
- Waterloo Christian Reformed Church$3,778
- Hamilton Community Foundation$3,750
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,603
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,400
- Bethel Christian Reformed Church of Acton Ont.$1,932
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$1,000
- ZLC Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$351
- Nelson Avenue Community Church$5
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$125K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dale Bolton (chair); Jon Putnam (vice chair & treasurer); Wade Larson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Thrive For Good’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861028298RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.