Gerald C Baines Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · London, Ontario · BN 893104042RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-30. Split of total expenditures ($369,509) as filed with the CRA.
Gerald C Baines Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 30, 2024, it reported $428K in revenue and $370K 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 48% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $321K in 2024, the largest being $290K to London Health Sciences Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The objective of the foundation is to provide financial assistance for medical research patient care and children’s mental health to local community focused charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $428K | $370K | — | — | $321K | $3.8M |
| 2023 | $316K | $348K | — | — | $300K | $3.7M |
| 2022 | -$125K | $237K | — | — | $192K | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $303K | $358K | — | — | $290K | $4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 30, 2024
- Investment income$292,864
- Other income$93,644
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 $321K to 8 qualified donees:
- London Health Sciences Foundation$290K
- Canadian Children's Optimist Foundation$14K
- London Regional Children's Museum$10K
- Operation Walk Canada Inc.$2,000
- St.Joseph's - Hospice of London$2,000
- Victorian Order of Nurses Middlesex-Elgin Community Corporation$1,000
- The Grand Theatre$1,000
- Wellspring London and Region$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kirk Baines (president); Joanne Baines (director); Elisabeth Barrie (treasurer); Elizabeth Hewitt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gerald C Baines Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893104042RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.