Knights Templar Charitable Foundation of Canada
Public foundation · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 882571904RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($25,504) as filed with the CRA.
Knights Templar Charitable Foundation of Canada is a public foundation based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $109K in revenue and $26K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 52% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,680.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% 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 4 qualified donees totalling $6,000 in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to Canadian Diabetes National Office. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $47K in 2020 to $109K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Ministerial Bursaries Assistance to destitute persons Research for Diabetes and Kidney Assistance to youth programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $109K | $26K | — | — | $24K | $958K |
| 2023 | $54K | $28K | — | — | $27K | $797K |
| 2022 | $42K | $25K | — | — | $9,000 | $737K |
| 2021 | $41K | $25K | — | — | $6,000 | $807K |
| 2020 | $47K | $24K | — | — | $7,000 | $719K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,000 to 4 qualified donees:
- Canadian Diabetes National Office$2,000
- The Kidney Foundation of Canada$2,000
- Windsor 63rd. Scout Group$1,000
- Fort McMurray Fusion Inter.Travel$1,000
Received $8,680 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
George Fairbairn (treasurer); Kenneth Mielkie (secretary); Gordon Simmons (director); Charles Rutt (president); Gabriel Mora (director); Herbert Baird (director); Clifford Hartmier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Knights Templar Charitable Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 882571904RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.