James A. Burton and Family Foundation
Private foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 769936683RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,773,538) as filed with the CRA.
James A. Burton and Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $6.4M in revenue and $2.8M 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 15% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $1.7M in 2024, the largest being $500K to Family Enterprise Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to charitable organizations that are also registered charities under the income tax act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.4M | $2.8M | — | — | $1.7M | $45.2M |
| 2023 | -$180K | $2.4M | — | — | $1.6M | $41.6M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.3M | — | — | $790K | $38.9M |
| 2021 | $6M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.1M | $38.5M |
| 2020 | $4.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.2M | $33.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.7M to 11 qualified donees:
- Family Enterprise Foundation$500K
- YWCA Hamilton$400K
- Arts Orillia$169K
- Food4Kids Ontario$165K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orillia & District$126K
- The Wayside House of Hamilton$100K
- Shaw Festival Theatre Canada$100K
- Shalem Mental Health Foundation$61K
- Royal Oak Community School Inc.$50K
- Home Horizon Georgian Triangle Residential Services$33K
- Ay Alternatives for Youth Hamilton$4,650
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathryn Burton (director); Greg Burton (director); Nicholas Burton (director); James Burton (director); Jordie Burton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from James A. Burton and Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 769936683RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.