Deer Creek Cares Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Ajax, Ontario · BN 798564894RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($57,305) as filed with the CRA.
Deer Creek Cares Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Ajax, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $65K in revenue and $57K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $40K in 2024, the largest being $19K to Feed The Need In Durham. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $10K in 2020 to $65K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The Foundation raised funds through various means including holding a golf tournament. Funds raised are donated to various qualified donees. A golf tournament was held in 2024.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $65K | $57K | $18K | — | $40K | $107K |
| 2023 | $72K | $68K | $18K | — | $50K | $99K |
| 2022 | $18K | $25K | $0 | — | $25K | $96K |
| 2021 | $66K | $57K | $5,178 | — | $51K | $103K |
| 2020 | $10K | $7,035 | — | — | $6,000 | $95K |
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$19,243
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 $40K to 11 qualified donees:
- Feed The Need In Durham$19K
- Grandview Children's Foundation$16K
- The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund$1,200
- Alzheimer Society of Durham Region$1,000
- Dreams and Wishes Children's Charity$500
- Durham Outlook for the Needy$500
- Catholic Family Services of Durham$500
- Sedna Women's Shelter & Support Services Inc.$500
- Ajax Pickering Hospital Foundation$500
- Autism Home Base Durham Inc.$500
- Durham Children's Aid Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Collins (director); Cory Russell (director); Kenneth Russell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Deer Creek Cares Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 798564894RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.