Edith and Gordon Benson Foundation
Public foundation · London, Ontario · BN 822360210RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($62,449) as filed with the CRA.
Edith and Gordon Benson Foundation is a public foundation based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $131K in revenue and $62K in expenditures.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% 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 1 qualified donee totalling $46K in 2024, the largest being $46K to Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation disburses funds from its investment portfolio annually to charities sselected by the signing directors.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $131K | $62K | — | — | $46K | $1M |
| 2023 | $83K | $61K | — | — | $45K | $939K |
| 2022 | -$76K | $56K | — | — | $4,500 | $916K |
| 2021 | $117K | $57K | — | — | $40K | $1M |
| 2020 | $96K | $56K | — | — | $40K | $988K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $46K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Letje Kerkhoff (president); Christine Baterman (secretary); Ruth Ann Butler (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Edith and Gordon Benson Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822360210RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.