Ex Corde Foundation
Public foundation · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 833197908RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,526,034) as filed with the CRA.
Ex Corde Foundation is a public foundation based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% 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 70 qualified donees totalling $1.4M in 2024, the largest being $50K to The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $3.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The Charitable purpose of the Foundation is to receive or maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to Roman Catholic charities registered under the Income Tax Act (Canada). The Foundation will not be involved in any direct charitable activities beyond the distribution of funds to Roman Catholic registered charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.4M | $25.4M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $858K | — | — | $729K | $320K |
| 2022 | -$1.9M | $886K | — | — | $755K | $22.5M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $1M | — | — | $876K | $25.3M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | — | $527K | $24M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.4M to 70 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$50K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$50K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$50K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$40K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$40K
- ST. John Brebeuf Parish$40K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$40K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$36K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$35K
- The Congregation of the Sisters of ST. John the Baptist (ontario)$35K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$30K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$30K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$30K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$30K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$30K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$25K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$25K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$25K
- Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Whitehorse$25K
- Kkottongnae Catholic Church of Canada Inc.$25K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$25K
- ST. John the Baptist Parish$25K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$25K
- The Society of ST Vincent de Paul - Particular Council of Brant$25K
- Christ the King Church$25K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dennis Noon (director); Denise Mauro (director); Francis Doyle (director); Nancy DiGregorio (director); Mark Daly (director); Edward Henhoeffer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ex Corde Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 833197908RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.