Wellspring Niagara Cancer Support Foundation
Charitable organization · Fonthill, Ontario · BN 864146162RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,024,386) as filed with the CRA.
Wellspring Niagara Cancer Support Foundation is a charitable organization based in Fonthill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $913K in revenue and $1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from donations, 7% from government. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $348K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The foundation provides support programs and services for people and their families living with cancer. The foundation provides opportunities for the development of self-help skills leading to an enhanced quality of life. The foundation provides access to information. The foundation provides education for health care professionals. The foundation provides evaluation and research on the role of supportive care.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $913K | $1M | $864K | $129K | — | $4.3M |
| 2023 | $1M | $980K | $855K | $100K | — | $4.4M |
| 2022 | $774K | $842K | $696K | $93K | — | $4.3M |
| 2021 | $991K | $744K | $629K | $90K | — | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $971K | $741K | $676K | $44K | — | $4.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $348K from 26 charities:
- Niagara's Cancer CARE Run Foundation$200K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$40K
- BenefAction Foundation$37K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$21K
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$15K
- Niagara Peninsula Foundation for Children$8,000
- Wise Guys Charity Fund$5,880
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$2,828
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,662
- United Way Niagara$1,486
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,305
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$1,184
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,003
- Fonthill United Church$1,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$857
- Fenwick Pastoral Charge$750
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$610
- Rotary Club of Welland Crippled Children's Trust$500
- Link Charity Canada Inc$500
- Pelham Community Church$500
- Vancity Community Foundation$350
- Niagara Region Police Association Charitable Fund$250
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$192
- United Way Niagara$51
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
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$388K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Frank Adamson (director); Beth Bracken (director); Jane Cocco (director); Susan Cornett (director); Alex Herlovich (secretary); Robert Jones (treasurer); Peter Mahoney (director); Joseph Matthews (director); Linda Morinello (co-chair); Deborah O'Leary (chair); Donna Woiceshyn (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wellspring Niagara Cancer Support Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864146162RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.