Heron Family Foundation
Private foundation · Whitby, Ontario · BN 848406526RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,492,762) as filed with the CRA.
Heron Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Whitby, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 36 qualified donees totalling $2.4M in 2024, the largest being $410K to Association d'églises baptistes évangéliques au québec. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The foundation continues to support numerous qualified donees during the year. The donees generally carry out the primary mission of the foundation-to provide financial assistance to christian missions educational institutions and social outreach.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.5M | — | — | $2.4M | $12.1M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $2.4M | — | — | $2.4M | $12M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $2.5M | — | — | $2.4M | $12.6M |
| 2021 | $3.2M | $3.3M | — | — | $3.3M | $10M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $4.6M | — | — | $4.5M | $14M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.4M to 36 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Association d'églises baptistes évangéliques au québec$410K
- Mission Eurasia Inc.$380K
- Sembeq$360K
- Montréal Youth for Christ$148K
- The Tyndale Foundation$125K
- Global Outreach Mission Inc.$120K
- The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada/alliance Évangélique du Canada$78K
- Power to Change Ministries$63K
- The Great Commission Foundation$60K
- Slavic Gospel Association of Canada$60K
- Alpha Ministries Canada$60K
- Grace Mission Inc.$60K
- Youth for Christ/canada$54K
- ShareWord Global Canada$48K
- Greater Europe Mission$48K
- Change Conference$39K
- The Pastorate Ministries Canada$30K
- Truth Matters Ministries Society of Alberta$25K
- Gather Women$25K
- Heritage Baptist College and Heritage Theological Seminary$24K
- Bible Art Ministries$24K
- Christian Direction Inc. Direction Chretienne Inc.$24K
- Transforme Québec / Transform Québec$15K
- Trellis Foundation$15K
- Ethnos Canada$12K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Timothy Heron (vice-president); Brenda Hodgson (vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Heron Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 848406526RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.