Empower Simcoe Foundation
Public foundation · Barrie, Ontario · BN 896155629RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($630,977) as filed with the CRA.
Empower Simcoe Foundation is a public foundation based in Barrie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $875K in revenue and $631K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $37K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $449K in 2024, the largest being $449K to Empower Simcoe Services. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $497K in 2020 to $875K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Empower simcoe foundation raise funds to support individuals with intellectual disabilities and provides services that meet the needs of the community. In partnership with empower simcoe funds raised enhance of life for people of all abilities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $875K | $631K | $7,746 | $109K | $449K | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $365K | $124K | $5,691 | $51K | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $279K | $197K | — | $11K | $30K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $318K | $240K | — | $262 | $85K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $497K | $246K | — | $17K | $81K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $449K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $37K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$70K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Randy Craig (treasurer); Roch Langevin (director); Karl Cadera (director); Miriam Villamil-Pallister (director); Mackenzie Gamache (director); Valerie Scott (director); Mitch Whyne (vice chair); Michael Taylor (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Empower Simcoe Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896155629RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.