Gillis-Lawson Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Unionville, Ontario · BN 118938257RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,188) as filed with the CRA.
Gillis-Lawson Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Unionville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $18K in revenue and $9,188 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,519.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% 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 2 qualified donees totalling $5,965 in 2024, the largest being $4,000 to Christian Indigenous Development Overseas Society. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $29K in 2020 to $18K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
to provide funding for overseas work in developing countries; to provide funds for microenterprise development.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18K | $9,188 | $1,598 | — | $5,965 | $344K |
| 2023 | $17K | $7,665 | — | — | $5,000 | $287K |
| 2022 | $16K | $7,226 | — | — | $5,000 | $256K |
| 2021 | $54K | $8,337 | $0 | — | $8,000 | $268K |
| 2020 | $29K | $12K | $1,517 | — | $10K | $220K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$10,730
- Other income$6,848
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 $5,965 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $8,519 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Lawson (president); Anthony Lawson (member at large); Alexandra Greenspoon (member at large); Charlton Lawson (member at large - legal); Kyle Gillis (treasurer); Susan Gillis (second-vice president); Josh Greenspoon (first vice president); Emma Lawson (secretary); Jeff Quintana (member at large); Juvy Quintana (member at large); Maria Ana Quintana (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gillis-Lawson Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118938257RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.