Ernest J Wolff Council No 798 Charitable Welfare Trust
Public foundation · Peterborough, Ontario · BN 866659287RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($64,994) as filed with the CRA.
Ernest J Wolff Council No 798 Charitable Welfare Trust is a public foundation based in Peterborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $51K in revenue and $65K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 28 qualified donees totalling $33K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Kawartha Food Share. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $32K in 2020 to $51K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Weekly bingo sept-june played on cogeco tv peterborough bingo cards are sold to players at various stores at $1.00 for each card prize money is payed out after each bingo the surplus money made fromt he bigos is distributed to different charitable donees
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $51K | $65K | — | — | $33K | $21K |
| 2023 | $45K | $41K | — | — | $14K | — |
| 2022 | $68K | $60K | $3,416 | — | $29K | $32K |
| 2021 | $76K | $64K | — | — | $12K | $24K |
| 2020 | $32K | $30K | — | — | $8,188 | $11K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $33K to 28 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Kawartha Food Share$10K
- The Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board$2,000
- Saint Johns Church$2,000
- Sacred Heart Church$2,000
- Ontario Society for Crippled Children$2,000
- Sacred Heart Church$1,500
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada/societe de Leucemie & Lymphome du Canada$1,500
- YWCA Peterborough Haliburton$1,000
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$1,000
- Peterborough Pregnancy Support Services$1,000
- The Beyond Multiple Sclerosis Association of Canada$1,000
- Community CARE Peterborough$1,000
- YWCA Peterborough Haliburton$1,000
- The Brock Street Mission Peterborough$1,000
- YWCA Peterborough Haliburton$1,000
- 1ST and Last Rent for Person in Need$625
- Master's College and Seminary$600
- Wells of Hope International Development Inc.$500
- The Society of ST. Vincent de Paul (peterborough)$500
- Peterborough Pregnancy Support Services$500
- Canadian Cancer Society$500
- The Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board$250
- The Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board$250
- The Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board$250
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters Association of Peterborough Incorporated$115
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Heffernan (president); Brady Taylor (trustee); Kenn Richardson (trustee); Henery Mulhall (trustee); Jack Goemans (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ernest J Wolff Council No 798 Charitable Welfare Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866659287RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.