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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$243,804
- Receipted donations$134,562
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 $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.