Wise Guys Charity Fund
Public foundation · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 886717859RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($504,655) as filed with the CRA.
Wise Guys Charity Fund is a public foundation based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $509K in revenue and $505K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $32K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 20 qualified donees totalling $314K in 2024, the largest being $40K to McNally House Hospice. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $152K in 2020 to $509K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The Wise Guys Charity Fund is a registered charitable organization without share capital. The organization undertakes fundraising activities to raise money to support other registered charitable organizations that are involved in the care and comfort of the Niagara Region community with emphasis on the care and comfort of children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $509K | $505K | — | $178K | $314K | $58K |
| 2023 | $568K | $561K | — | $199K | $351K | $54K |
| 2022 | $594K | $575K | — | $239K | $321K | $47K |
| 2021 | $556K | $536K | — | — | $329K | $28K |
| 2020 | $152K | $189K | — | $34K | $144K | $8,929 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $314K to 20 qualified donees:
- McNally House Hospice$40K
- Niagara Foundation for Family and Children Services$25K
- West Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc.$25K
- Hospice Niagara$25K
- Port Colborne Community Association for Resource Extension$25K
- Habitat for Humanity Niagara$25K
- Niagara Olympic Club$20K
- Community CARE - ST. Catharines and Thorold$20K
- Niagara Safety Village$17K
- The Synod of the Diocese of Niagara$15K
- Niagara-ON-The-Lake Public Library$12K
- Garden City Productions$11K
- Carsa Incorporated$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- Niagara Children's Centre$10K
- Heartland Forest Nature Experience$8,500
- Rodman Art Institute of Niagara$7,000
- Wellspring Niagara Cancer Support Foundation$5,880
- Socks for Change$2,500
- Jeff McKillop Mental Health$1,000
Received $32K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gary Black (secretary); Anne Kemp (director); Art Lopinski (treasurer); Steven Mowder (vice chair); John Pachereva (director); Douglas Smith (vice chair); Betty-Lou Souter (director); Erica Walters (director); Shane Wall (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wise Guys Charity Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886717859RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.