Charity BreakdownCanadian charity filings, itemized

Oakville Community Foundation

Public foundation · Oakville, Ontario · BN 891934374RR0001 · Foundations · website

Your $100, itemizedOakville Community FoundationFiscal year ended December 31, 2024
Gifts to other charities$69
Management & admin$16
Charitable programs$14
Fundraising$1
TOTAL$100
Registered

Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,079,041) as filed with the CRA.

Oakville Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Oakville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $29.4M in revenue and $7.1M in expenditures.

Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 50% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $337K.

Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.

As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 288 qualified donees totalling $4.8M in 2024, the largest being $516K to Oakville Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $12.5M in 2020 to $29.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.

In its own words

For 30 years the Foundation has been building Community through Philanthropy As a 360-degree granting organization we grant to local and national organizations to support the entire range of charitable activities. Our community-based research as well as knowledge about the charitable sector helps us facilitate collaborative solutions with strategic impact. Community Classroom- free arts culture environment and heritage curriculum based programming for elementary students in both Halton publicly funded school systems. Halton Youth Collective - A wraparound program with local service provid…

Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.

The ledger, 2020–2024

YearRevenueSpendingProgramsFundraisingGifts outNet assets
2024$29.4M$7.1M$996K$108K$4.9M$109.7M
2023$15.4M$8.1M$1.1M$110K$5.9M$87.4M
2022$1.2M$6.3M$995K$117K$4.3M$80.1M
2021$15.6M$6M$945K$116K$4.1M$85.1M
2020$12.5M$7.4M$887K$108K$5.7M$75.4M

Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.

Money between charities, 2024

Granted $4.8M to 288 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:

Full grant ledger — all 288 grants

As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.

What it pays

Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:

  • $200,000–249,9991 position
  • $120,000–159,9991 position
  • $40,000–79,9996 positions
  • Permanent full-time positions8
  • Total compensation, all staff$1M

Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.

Directors & trustees (2024)

Bindu Cudjoe (board past chair / chair); Mike Miller (board chair / vice chair); Fred Pinto (board); Ameeta Vijay (board secretary / board); Michael Whitcombe (honorary solicitor); Andrew Tyrell (board); Kevin Tremblay (board); Lindsay Patrick (board); Binu Dhas (board / secretary); Les Ross (board); Ronan Ryan (board); Lisa Kohler (board); Sharmila Ali (board); Andy Aicklen (board); Christine Langevin (board); Julie Cordeiro (board).

As listed on its 2024 return.

Check the source

Every figure on this page is from Oakville Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891934374RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.