Douglas A. Flett Foundation
Private foundation · Burlington, Ontario · BN 842155186RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($92,000) as filed with the CRA.
Douglas A. Flett Foundation is a private foundation based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $480K in revenue and $92K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% 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 92% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $92K in 2024, the largest being $75K to Joseph Brant Hospital Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain funds from douglas flett and to apply part of the principle and income to qualified donees as defined in sub-section 149.1(1) that have charitable purposes under canadian law.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $480K | $92K | — | — | $92K | $3M |
| 2023 | $409K | $69K | — | — | $69K | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $341K | — | — | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $410K | — | — | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $377K | — | — | — | — | $910K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $92K to 4 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas Flett (president); David Peters (director); Stephanie Cochrane (director); Michael Morrisey (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Douglas A. Flett Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 842155186RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.