BT Sullivan Family Foundation
Private foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 793817156RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,004,783) as filed with the CRA.
BT Sullivan Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $2M in 2024, the largest being $550K to The Ottawa Hospital Foundation/la Fondation de l'Hopital d'Ottawa. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation’s mission is to provide philanthropic donations to registered charities for health research education food insecurity etc. In support of their mission.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $2M | — | — | $2M | $38.8M |
| 2023 | $38.5M | $34K | — | — | — | $38.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2M to 11 qualified donees:
- The Ottawa Hospital Foundation/la Fondation de l'Hopital d'Ottawa$550K
- Perimeter Institute$500K
- Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health$250K
- Fondation de l'Hopital Montfort$250K
- Ottawa Humane Society$100K
- The Ottawa Food Bank/la Banque d'Alimentation d'Ottawa$100K
- The Ottawa Mission$50K
- University of Ottawa$50K
- Ancoura$50K
- Centretown Churches Social Action Committee (ccsac)$50K
- Therapeutic Riding Association of Ottawa-Carleton Inc.$25K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
George Laframbroise (member); John Peart (member); James Ogilvy (member); Brian Sullivan (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from BT Sullivan Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 793817156RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.