Avonlea Trust
Private foundation · Uxbridge, Ontario · BN 891255945RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($88,125) as filed with the CRA.
Avonlea Trust is a private foundation based in Uxbridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $122K in revenue and $88K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $81K in 2024, the largest being $50K to The Yonge Street Mission. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $327K in 2020 to $122K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The avonlea trust has been established exclusively to fund other charities which operate for religious educational and other charitable purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $122K | $88K | — | — | $81K | $541K |
| 2023 | $193K | $168K | — | — | $161K | $507K |
| 2022 | $350K | $225K | — | — | $219K | $482K |
| 2021 | $238K | $373K | — | — | $367K | $356K |
| 2020 | $327K | $80K | $0 | — | $77K | $417K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$100,000
- Investment income$21,106
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $81K to 9 qualified donees:
- The Yonge Street Mission$50K
- Act Five Initiatives$5,000
- Youth for Christ/canada$5,000
- One Hope Ministries of Canada$5,000
- University of Guelph$5,000
- Ministeres de Hockey Internationaux / Hockey Ministries International$5,000
- Ellel Ministries (canada) Inc.$2,500
- The Navigators of Canada$2,400
- Teacher Mentors Abroad$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Simmonds (trustee); Sharon Simmonds (trustee); Krista Simmonds (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Avonlea Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891255945RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.