JO-NA Foundation
Private foundation · Tottenham, Ontario · BN 705551281RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($38,646) as filed with the CRA.
JO-NA Foundation is a private foundation based in Tottenham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $114K in revenue and $39K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% 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 92% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $35K in 2024, the largest being $10K to William Osler Health System Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $34K in 2020 to $114K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Foundation distributes donations to qualified donees only and has no charitable activity beyond making such donations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $114K | $39K | $3,646 | — | $35K | $74K |
| 2023 | $36K | $37K | — | — | $35K | -$1,632 |
| 2022 | $35K | $35K | — | — | $33K | -$288 |
| 2021 | $22K | $41K | — | — | $38K | -$692 |
| 2020 | $34K | $41K | — | — | $39K | $18K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$113,841
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 $35K to 6 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Cieslak (jo-na foundation trust); Nancy Cieslak (jo-na foundation trust); Gabrielle Cieslak (jo-na foundation trust); Trudy Cieslak (jo-na foundation trust).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from JO-NA Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 705551281RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.