Ellis Family Foundation
Private foundation · Stouffville, Ontario · BN 737171330RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($240,393) as filed with the CRA.
Ellis Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Stouffville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $296K in revenue and $240K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $237K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Dedicated Advocacy Resource Support (DARS). Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $50K in 2020 to $296K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The objective of ellis family foundation is to make gifts to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $296K | $240K | — | — | $237K | $5.1M |
| 2023 | $59K | $98K | — | — | $95K | $5M |
| 2022 | $5M | $34K | — | — | $33K | $5M |
| 2021 | $100K | $51K | — | — | $50K | $68K |
| 2020 | $50K | $32K | — | — | $25K | $18K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$295,800
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 $237K to 9 qualified donees:
- Dedicated Advocacy Resource Support (DARS)$50K
- Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation$50K
- Covenant House Toronto$45K
- Operation Smile Canada Foundation$45K
- Whitchurch Stouffville Food Bank$12K
- Make-A-Wish Foundation of Canada$10K
- The Kiwanis Club of East York Charitable Foundation$10K
- ST Paul's ON-The-Hill Anglican Church$9,982
- Toronto Children's CARE Inc.$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bradley Ellis (director); Cathleen Ellis (director); David Ellis (director); Peter Ellis (director/chair); Sharon Ellis (executive director); John Morley (secretary-treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ellis Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 737171330RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.