Nick & Lynn Ross Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 869053512RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($88,205) as filed with the CRA.
Nick & Lynn Ross Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $405K in revenue and $88K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 64 qualified donees totalling $52K in 2024, the largest being $4,000 to Gilda's Club Greater Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Receives donations and funds registered canadian charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $405K | $88K | — | — | $52K | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $518K | $84K | — | — | $49K | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $129K | $73K | — | — | $43K | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $426K | $46K | — | — | $31K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, November 30, 2024
- Other income$331,149
- Investment income$52,141
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 $52K to 64 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Gilda's Club Greater Toronto$4,000
- Grace Church-ON-The-Hill$3,800
- Hot Docs$3,500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$3,000
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$2,000
- Churches-ON-The-Hill Food Bank$2,000
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$2,000
- Jane/finch Community and Family Centre$1,500
- Belmont House Foundation$1,400
- Canadian Unicef Committee$1,200
- Canada-Ukraine Foundation$1,000
- Toronto Ukrainian Foundation$1,000
- YWCA Toronto$1,000
- The Terry Fox Foundation$1,000
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$1,000
- Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation$1,000
- Scarborough Health Network Foundation$1,000
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$1,000
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$1,000
- New Circles Community Services$1,000
- Arthritis Research Foundation$1,000
- Alzheimer Society of Canada$1,000
- Branksome Hall$650
- McMichael Canadian Art Foundation$500
- Evergreen$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
J. Nicholas Ross (pres chairman director); Lynn Ross (secretart director); Cameron Ross (vice-president director); Nancy Ross (vice president); Timothy Ross (vice-president); Shirley Walmsley (ass. sec ass treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nick & Lynn Ross Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869053512RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.