Astley Family Foundation
Private foundation · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 815040548RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,543,283) as filed with the CRA.
Astley Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 29 qualified donees totalling $1.4M in 2024, the largest being $250K to The University Hospital Network. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation was established on december 1 2005 to receive and maintain a fund and to apply all or part of the principal and income there from time to time to charitable organizations that are registered charities under the income tax act. No funds were allocated to charities in 2005 $25 000 were allocated in 2006 $134 597 were made in 2007 $195 000 were made in 2008 #273 000 were made in 2009 $287 000 in 2010 $286 160 in 2011 $291 000 in 2012 $307 925 in 2013 $416 400 in 2014 $738 700 in 2015 $508 200 in 2016 $372 850 in 2017 $656 210 in 2018 $886 658 in 2019 $741 650 in 2…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.4M | $10.8M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.2M | — | — | $1M | $10.3M |
| 2022 | -$1.1M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.4M | $9.8M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.1M | — | — | $1M | $12.4M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $859K | — | — | $742K | $11.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.4M to 29 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The University Hospital Network$250K
- House of Friendship$120K
- K-W Working Centre for the Unemployed$85K
- Muslim Social Services of Waterloo Region$70K
- Child Witness Centre of Waterloo Region$60K
- Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington Branch$50K
- Lutherwood Child and Family Foundation$50K
- Kidsability Centre for Child Development Foundation$50K
- Shad Canada$50K
- Family Counselling Centre of Cambridge & North Dumfries$50K
- Capacity Canada$50K
- Marillac Place$50K
- Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region$50K
- Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region$50K
- Adventure4Change$39K
- Camino Wellbeing + Mental Health$35K
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$35K
- Langs Community Development Corporation$30K
- Community Justice Initiatives of Waterloo Region$25K
- Keep Your Head Up Foundation$25K
- Kitchener Public Library Board$25K
- YMCA of Three Rivers$25K
- Reception House - Waterloo Region Inc.$25K
- Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Canada Inc.$20K
- Drayton Theatres Inc$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$54K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Astley (chairman); Judith Astley (president); Derek Astley (director); Jennifer Astley-Kinsey (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Astley Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815040548RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.