Nora's Gift Foundation
Private foundation · Burlington, Ontario · BN 856446158RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($31,565) as filed with the CRA.
Nora's Gift Foundation is a private foundation based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $25K in revenue and $32K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $31K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Joseph Brant Hospital Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $25K | $32K | — | — | $31K | $15K |
| 2023 | $25K | $29K | — | — | $29K | $22K |
| 2022 | — | $19K | — | — | $19K | — |
| 2021 | — | $17K | — | — | $17K | — |
| 2020 | $20K | $15K | — | — | $9,500 | $18K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $31K to 10 qualified donees:
- Joseph Brant Hospital Foundation$10K
- Oakville Hospital Foundation$2,500
- Burlington Food Bank$2,500
- The Lighthouse Program for Grieving Children$2,500
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$2,500
- Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation$2,500
- Hospital Family Houses of Ontario$2,500
- Food4Kids Hamilton$2,500
- Halton Women's Place$2,500
- The Willow Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Doug Bennett (chair); Valerie Bennett (director); Steve Worlidge (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nora's Gift Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856446158RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.