Royal York Christian Foundation
Public foundation · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 855877403RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($973,916) as filed with the CRA.
Royal York Christian Foundation is a public foundation based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $974K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $878K in 2024, the largest being $753K to MSC Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $3.7M in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $974K | — | — | $878K | $15.5M |
| 2023 | $5.3M | $481K | — | — | $409K | $14.2M |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $393K | — | — | $355K | $9.4M |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $15K | — | — | $1,000 | $7.4M |
| 2020 | $3.7M | $5,074 | — | — | — | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $878K to 6 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Shantz (director/treasurer); Matthew Venne (director / secretary); Murray Taylor (director); Alexander McEachern (director); Paul Dejager (director /president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Royal York Christian Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 855877403RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.