Canadian General Surgery Foundation
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118836493RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($73,187) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian General Surgery Foundation is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $32K in revenue and $73K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $4,570.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $60K in 2024, the largest being $40K to The Governors of The University of Calgary. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
To provide funds for research in the area of general surgery in canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $32K | $73K | $60K | — | — | $312K |
| 2023 | $73K | $108K | $80K | — | $20K | $354K |
| 2022 | $188K | $104K | $80K | — | — | $389K |
| 2021 | $105K | $46K | $40K | — | — | $304K |
| 2020 | $30K | $3,783 | — | — | — | $245K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $60K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $4,570 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,570
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sean Cleary (president); Brent Zabolotny (president elect); Shiva Jayaraman (president elect secundus); Ahmer Karimuddin (secretary - treasurer); Guillaume Martel (research chair); Roy Kirkpatrick (member at large (community)); Trevor Topp (member at large (academic)); Lorri Lowe (financial advisor); Olivia Monton (public representative).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian General Surgery Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118836493RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.