Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada
Public foundation · London, Ontario · BN 118816339RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,121,498) as filed with the CRA.
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada is a public foundation based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.2M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 51 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $388K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Through the support of donors and volunteers we take action and provide programs for every canadian affected by a brain tumour. We provide information including handbooks storybooks information sheets videos and a comprehensive website and we facilitate education events and support group meetings. The brain tumour reasearch field is incredibly complex and so we fund the research projects at canadian universities and hospitals that are investigating treatment improvements quality of life and cures. We also leverage funds by supporting international collaborations investigating strategicall…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $3.1M | $2.4M | $453K | $8,500 | $5M |
| 2023 | $4.2M | $3.4M | $2.5M | $595K | $39K | $4.9M |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $3.1M | $2.4M | $461K | — | $4.1M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $2.8M | $2.1M | $418K | — | $4.3M |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $2.8M | $2.1M | $422K | $100 | $3.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $388K from 51 charities:
- United Way Niagara$60K
- London Community Foundation$53K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$39K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$37K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$26K
- The Taylor Family Foundation$20K
- TD Securities Underwriting Hope Fund$15K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$14K
- The Shields Foundation$10K
- The Pindoff Family Charitable Foundation$9,213
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$8,436
- LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES (London)$5,000
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$4,265
- ATCO Electric Epic$3,125
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,000
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,830
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,771
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$980
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$942
- Red Meets Pink Foundation$750
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Faith Davis (chair); Bill Walker (vice-chair); Russell Smith (treasurer); Dela Avie (secretary); Daniel Mendelsohn (director); Arun Thomas (director); Mike Mutrey (director); Mike Lakusta (director); Rebecca Harrison (director); Sarah Ironside (director); Kristy Allan (director); Shreya Gandhi (director); Jeff Ivanko (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118816339RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.