John Andrews Foundation
Private foundation · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 118974807RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($498,946) as filed with the CRA.
John Andrews Foundation is a private foundation based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $499K 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 52% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 25 qualified donees totalling $436K in 2024, the largest being $119K to Thunder Bay Art Gallery. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $496K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Payments made to qualified donees with a major emphasis on projects and programs in the areas of education health care social welfare and the arts especially in the thunder bay region.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $499K | — | — | $436K | $10.5M |
| 2023 | $967K | $547K | — | — | $480K | $9.6M |
| 2022 | $838K | $1.8M | — | — | $332K | $9.2M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $371K | — | — | $310K | $10.1M |
| 2020 | $496K | $356K | — | — | $300K | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$760,269
- Investment income$524,477
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 $436K to 25 qualified donees:
- Thunder Bay Art Gallery$119K
- Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation$100K
- Lakehead University$50K
- Regional Food Distribution Association of Northwestern Ontario$44K
- Lake of the Wood Hospital Foundation$15K
- ST Andrews Dew Drop Inn$15K
- Undergound Gym & Youth Center$10K
- North of Superior Healthcare-McCausland$9,000
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine University$8,000
- Salvation Army$7,000
- Faye Peterson Transition House$6,600
- ST John Ambulance$6,000
- Thunder Bay P.r.o. Kids$6,000
- Thunder Bay Boys and Girls Club$6,000
- George Jeffrey Children Centre$6,000
- Elizabeth Fry Society of North Western Ontario$5,000
- Camp Quality Canada$5,000
- Thunder Bay Historical Museum$5,000
- Precious Bundles$3,000
- Thunder Bay Symphony Youth Orchestra$2,650
- Marjorie House$2,400
- Community Clothing Assistance$2,000
- Hospice Northwest$1,500
- Lakehead District School Board$1,500
- Thunder Bay Literacy Group$900
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donald Henderson (treasurer); Allan McKitrick (chairman/secretary); Alexander Paterson (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from John Andrews Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118974807RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.