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.
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.