Ross-Lynn Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 119124113RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($381,661) as filed with the CRA.
Ross-Lynn Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $370K in revenue and $382K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations.
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 41 qualified donees totalling $321K in 2024, the largest being $100K to United Way Calgary. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $662K in 2020 to $370K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Donate to qualified donees no programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $370K | $382K | — | — | $322K | $7.4M |
| 2023 | $298K | $211K | — | — | $154K | $6.7M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $144K | — | — | $144K | $6.7M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $184K | — | — | $145K | $5.3M |
| 2020 | $662K | $165K | — | — | $136K | $4.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $321K to 41 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- United Way Calgary$100K
- Christ Church$60K
- Mustard Seed$20K
- Canadian Red Cross$15K
- Salvation Army$10K
- Primate World Relief$10K
- Operation Eyesight$10K
- Food Bank$7,500
- Simon House$5,000
- Childrens Cottage Society$5,000
- Fear Is Not Love Society$5,000
- Inn From the Cold$5,000
- Baby's Breath$5,000
- Avenue 15$5,000
- Alexandra Community Health Centre$5,000
- U of a$4,000
- Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre LTD.$4,000
- Calgary Counselling Centre$4,000
- Bow Valley (canmore) Food Bank$4,000
- Distress Centre Calgary$3,000
- Maid by Momma$3,000
- Calgary Dream Centre$3,000
- Trinity Place Foundation$2,500
- Mammas for Mammas$2,500
- Kids Cancer Care$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Ross (president & director); Lorraine Ross (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ross-Lynn Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119124113RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.