Jack A. Vanderlaan Foundation
Private foundation · Port Colborne, Ontario · BN 796358208RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($42,546) as filed with the CRA.
Jack A. Vanderlaan Foundation is a private foundation based in Port Colborne, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $673K in revenue and $43K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% 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 8 qualified donees totalling $30K in 2024, the largest being $20K to Hospice Niagara. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The foundation is committed to supporting marginalized families in the niagara peninsula region of ontario. The foundation has a particular interest in the welfare of children and youth and will consider funding innovatiove programs dealing with education social services mental and physical welfare and recreational needs of this population.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $673K | $43K | — | — | $30K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $52K | $20K | — | — | $20K | $941K |
| 2022 | $956K | $40K | — | — | $40K | $916K |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $30K to 8 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jack Vanderlaan (director); Marie Vanderlaan (director); Lisa Macpherson (chair of the board); Leanne Vanderlaan (treasurer); Laura Cassan (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jack A. Vanderlaan Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 796358208RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.