Roy Cairns Family Foundation
Private foundation · ST. Catharines, Ontario · BN 841633548RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,301,904) as filed with the CRA.
Roy Cairns Family Foundation is a private foundation based in ST. Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $217K in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.3M in 2024, the largest being $1.3M to African Wildlife Foundation of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation provides grants/donations to support places of worship as well as medical and historical entities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $217K | $1.3M | — | — | $1.3M | — |
| 2023 | $9,454 | $17K | — | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | -$16K | $15K | — | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $7 | $125K | — | — | $125K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $234K | $339K | — | — | $308K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.3M to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathleen Cairns (president); Jeffrey Cairns (secretary); Matthew Cairns (treasurer); James Cairns (vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Roy Cairns Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 841633548RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.