Muskoka Woods Youth Foundation
Public foundation · Rosseau, Ontario · BN 858949514RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($978,654) as filed with the CRA.
Muskoka Woods Youth Foundation is a public foundation based in Rosseau, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $588K in revenue and $979K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from donations, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $158K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $759K in 2024, the largest being $589K to Zechariah Youth Project. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The mandate of the foundation is to recieve manage and disburse funds to charitable organizations to be used by them for their charitable purposes which include: (1) providing financial assistance to permit needy and disadvantaged youth to attend camp; (2) providing bursaries for needy and deserving students and (3) other charitable purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $588K | $979K | $69K | $30K | $759K | $4.3M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $999K | $68K | $28K | $775K | $4.7M |
| 2022 | $228K | $895K | $65K | $29K | $687K | $4.6M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $814K | $27K | $3,800 | $708K | $5.2M |
| 2020 | $524K | $216K | $8,221 | $2,677 | $183K | $4.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $759K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $158K from 10 charities:
- Carrick a Rede Foundation$45K
- The Dunin Foundation$40K
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$25K
- LJ Pearson Foundation$15K
- Southhill Glen Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,528
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$6,500
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$2,000
- Christian Stewardship Services$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$959
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Bentley-Taylor (director); Duncan Macgregor (director); Ian McFadgen (director); Lindsay McKnight (director); Neil McRuer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Muskoka Woods Youth Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 858949514RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.