Durham Community Foundation
Public foundation · Whitby, Ontario · BN 898797931RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($665,394) as filed with the CRA.
Durham Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Whitby, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $665K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $264K.
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 42 qualified donees totalling $198K in 2024, the largest being $60K to Feed The Need In Durham. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Dcf fosters philantropy by connecting donors volunteers and community leaders addressing durham’s challenges through research advocacy and collaboration. Acting as the voice for charities at multiple levels dcf provides vital support. Dfc researches and produces annual vital signs reports not only to make grant decisions based on actual data but also to inform the community of emerging needs. Offering more than just funding dcf’s role is to amplify the impact and provide support to local charities and nonprofits. Whether it is advocacy providing educational webinars helping charities …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $665K | $176K | — | $479K | $6.6M |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $3.4M | $1.6M | — | $1.5M | $5.6M |
| 2022 | $318K | $369K | $135K | $1,619 | $226K | $4.9M |
| 2021 | $736K | $320K | $84K | $1,431 | $205K | $5.6M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $2.1M | $92K | $4,138 | $2M | $5.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $198K to 42 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Feed The Need In Durham$60K
- Precious Minds Support Services$6,500
- Station House Studio & Gallery Society$6,000
- Their Opportunity Minor Sports Corporation$5,800
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of South$4,760
- The Durham College Foundation$4,700
- Bethesda-House of Mercy (bowmanville)$4,500
- Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/Initiative Canada Jeunesse et Philanthropie$4,000
- Windreach Farm Foundation$4,000
- Whitby Historical Society$4,000
- Uxbridge Youth Centre Inc.$4,000
- The Youth Education Arts and Health Foundation$4,000
- The Durham Girls' Choir$4,000
- Sunrise Developmental Support Services$4,000
- Sedna Women's Shelter & Support Services Inc.$4,000
- Scientists in School$4,000
- Jennifer Ashleigh Children's Charity$4,000
- GraceWins Peer Support$4,000
- Girls Incorporated of Durham$4,000
- Durham Youth Services$4,000
- Community Justice Alternatives of Durham Region$4,000
- Women's Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre of Durham$3,000
- Victim Services of Durham Region$3,000
- The Robert McLaughlin Gallery$3,000
- Oshawa-Durham Rape Crisis Centre$3,000
Received $264K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$77K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bobby McBride (chair); Michael Lucenti (vice chair); Craig Loverock (treasurer); Tracey Vaughan (secretary); Audrey Andrews (director); Mary Desjardin-Trerrien (director); Crystal Neault (director); Vivian Curl (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Durham Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898797931RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.