Gordon & Ruth Gooder Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 850240110RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,681,336) as filed with the CRA.
Gordon & Ruth Gooder Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 30 qualified donees totalling $1.5M in 2024, the largest being $150K to The King?s Trust Canada/la Fondation du Roi au Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $3.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The gordon and ruth gooder charitable foundation hopes the legacy of its founders will be to have helped improve the lives of youth at risk. The foundation is concerned about the welfare of youth who are disadvantaged due to their economic and/or social circumstances or who are experiencing physical challenges. Consistent with the gooders philosophy of trust and respect for people regardless of their role in society along with the gooders clear decisive communication and decision-making style the foundation will support innovative programs or projects in ontario or national projects that …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $1.7M | — | — | $1.5M | $30.4M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $3.8M | — | — | $885K | $29M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $1.5M | — | — | $928K | $31.1M |
| 2021 | $8M | $1.4M | — | — | $842K | $30.4M |
| 2020 | $2M | $4.8M | — | — | $981K | $23.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, March 31, 2024
- Other income$1,979,997
- Investment income$806,477
- Other gifts$714
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 $1.5M to 30 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The King?s Trust Canada/la Fondation du Roi au Canada$150K
- Child Development Institute$150K
- Loft Community Services$125K
- Rick Hansen Foundation$100K
- The Yonge Street Mission$100K
- Focus Forward for Indigenous Youth$100K
- YMCA of Greater Toronto$75K
- BGC Toronto Kiwanis$50K
- Visions of Science Network for Learning$50K
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada$50K
- Home Horizon Georgian Triangle Residential Services$50K
- Rise Asset Development$50K
- Business in the Streets$50K
- Fernie Youth Services$50K
- Jack.org$50K
- The Canadian National Institute For The Blind$50K
- Lift 360 Foundation$25K
- Hashtag Hope$25K
- Youth Without Shelter Terra House North Toronto Emergency Residence and Referral Agency$25K
- Stepstones for Youth$25K
- Visions of Science Network for Learning$25K
- Evergreen$20K
- Youth Employment Services Yes$20K
- Artheart Community Art Centre$15K
- Jean Augustine Centre for Young Women?s Empowerment$13K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Catherine Sproule (director); Gordon Sproule (dir pres sec treasure); Alan Sproule (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gordon & Ruth Gooder Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 850240110RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.