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.
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.