Ross-Shire Foundation
Private foundation · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 887262475RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,006,302) as filed with the CRA.
Ross-Shire Foundation is a private foundation based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 62 qualified donees totalling $2M in 2024, the largest being $325K to Heritage Baptist College and Heritage Theological Seminary. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Primarily for the purpose of making gifts to 'qualified donees'
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2M | — | — | $2M | $7.7M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.9M | $6.9M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $2.8M | — | — | $2M | $6.4M |
| 2021 | $5.6M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.8M | $7.5M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.6M | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, May 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$1,792,550
- Other income$452,521
- Investment income$177,339
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 $2M to 62 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Heritage Baptist College and Heritage Theological Seminary$325K
- Selcare International$277K
- Sim Canada$217K
- Crossroads Christian Comm$160K
- Coping Ministry$80K
- Alpha Ministries Canada$60K
- Muskoka Bible Foundation$57K
- Ontario Christian Gleaners$50K
- Oak Hill Academy$50K
- Inter-Varsity Ministries Foundation$50K
- Slavic Gospel Association of Canada$44K
- Trans World Radio Canada$40K
- The Cardus Institute$40K
- The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada$30K
- Institute for Biblical Preaching$25K
- Faith's Orphans Fund$25K
- Redeemer University$24K
- Metropolitan Bible Church Ministry Corporation$20K
- The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada$20K
- Southwestern Ontario Youth for Christ$20K
- World Embrace$20K
- Heart to Heart Family Ministries$20K
- Harvest of Hope Society$20K
- The Pregnancy Centre$20K
- Compass Refugee Centre Inc.$16K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ian Ross (director); David Ross (director); Heather Hall (director); Nancy Schoenmaker (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ross-Shire Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887262475RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.