Kindred Foundation
Private foundation · Oakville, Ontario · BN 798799078RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,234,228) as filed with the CRA.
Kindred Foundation is a private foundation based in Oakville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7.8M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $197K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 58 qualified donees totalling $950K in 2024, the largest being $99K to The Hospital for Sick Children. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.8M in 2020 to $7.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
U-Link Patient and Family Fund - Providing financial support for families who have to travel to access an early phase clinical trial when they have a child with cancer. Kindred Cares Grant- Funding for residential hospice programs and pediatric palliative care research projects and programs in Ontario. Youth Mental Health Grant. Treats & Treasures Cart Program - We provide funding to hospitals to run a treats & treasures cart program for kids undergoing cancer treatment. We have been doing this since 2021. And continue to expand into more hospitals across Canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.8M | $1.2M | — | — | $982K | $16.7M |
| 2023 | $3.7M | $1.1M | — | — | $843K | $10.1M |
| 2022 | -$224K | $983K | — | — | $740K | $7.6M |
| 2021 | $3.8M | $556K | — | — | $427K | $8.8M |
| 2020 | $4.8M | $134K | — | — | $122K | $5.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $950K to 58 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Hospital for Sick Children$99K
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$80K
- The DR. Bob Kemp Hospice Foundation Inc.$50K
- Childhood Cancer Canada Foundation$50K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$40K
- Provincial Health Services Authority$35K
- Sinai Health System$30K
- Qmunity Bc's Queer Trans and Two-Spirit Resource Centre Society$30K
- Quadrangle LGBTQ Community Centre Inc.$30K
- Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council$26K
- Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation/fondation Wellspring pour les Personnes Atteintes de Cancer$25K
- Food for Life Canada Charitable Corporation$20K
- Weston Area Emergency Support$20K
- Wellington Square United Church$20K
- Unsinkable Ltd.$18K
- Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation Inc.$18K
- Northern Mosaic Network$15K
- TAIBU Community Health Centre$15K
- IGB-CSA Canada$15K
- C T I Canadian Training Institute Institut Canadien de Formation Inc$15K
- Truly Alive Youth and Family Foundation Inc$15K
- Alterheros$15K
- Black Mental Health Canada Inc$15K
- McMaster University$12K
- Alberta Health Services$10K
Received $197K from 10 charities:
- Team Finn Foundation$175K
- Tali's Fund$5,250
- ST. Stephen United Church$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,450
- United Way of Greater Toronto$2,110
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,011
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,950
- WCPD Foundation$1,500
- The Victoria Foundation$1,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$485
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Total compensation, all staff$218K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brydon Cruise (president); Stacey Cruise (director secretary); Vicki Kristman (director); Jonathan Mallory (director); Douglas Ranton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kindred Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 798799078RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.