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.
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.