Rotary Club of Sarnia Charitable Foundation
Public foundation · Sarnia, Ontario · BN 889052999RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($238,785) as filed with the CRA.
Rotary Club of Sarnia Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Sarnia, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $673K in revenue and $239K in expenditures.
In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,539.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 21 qualified donees totalling $147K in 2024, the largest being $68K to Pathways Health Centre for Children. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $193K in 2020 to $673K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The foundation provided financial support to pathways health centre for children for capital projects including total payment of $120 000 during 2022-2023 fiscal year. In addition financial support was provided to various local community services and youth programs as well as affordable housing project.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $673K | $239K | $33K | $27K | $147K | $5.2M |
| 2023 | $352K | $248K | — | — | $183K | $4.8M |
| 2022 | $251K | $225K | — | — | $165K | $4.7M |
| 2021 | $669K | $176K | — | — | $118K | $5.1M |
| 2020 | $193K | $212K | — | — | $149K | $4.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $147K to 21 qualified donees:
- Pathways Health Centre for Children$68K
- The Rotary Foundation (Canada)$11K
- Scout Canada$10K
- The Sarnia Northern Collegiate Institute & Vocational School$10K
- Sarnia Community Foundation$10K
- Community Living Sarnia-Lambton$7,500
- March of Dimes Canada Non-Profit Housing Corporation$5,000
- ST Vincent de Paul Society Particular Council Sarnia Deanery$4,000
- R.Y.L.A Seminar for Tomorrow's Leaders$2,500
- The Social Service Bureau of Sarnia$2,500
- Gymnasts for Change$2,400
- The Inn of the Good Shepherd (sarnia ) Inc$2,109
- Sarnia Minor Athletic Association$2,000
- Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada$2,000
- YMCA of Southwestern Ontario$1,500
- ST. John Council for Ontario$1,500
- North Lambton Community Health Centre$1,100
- 44 Sarnia Imperial Squadron Sponsoring Committee$1,000
- Lambton County Science Fair$1,000
- Lambton County Music Festival$1,000
- HIP (Honouring Indigenous Peoples) Charitable Corporation$900
Received $7,539 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$6,232
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rick Marsh (president); Cathy Thompson (secretary); Bill Hoad (property manager); Allen Ho (treasurer); Chris Hogan (director); Maike Luiken (director); Alison Mahon (director); Sandra Graham (director); Mark Taylor (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rotary Club of Sarnia Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889052999RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.