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.
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.