Rutherford Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 706880929RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($35,940) as filed with the CRA.
Rutherford Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $158K in revenue and $36K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $30K in 2024, the largest being $15K to The Rotary Club of Toronto Philanthropic Fund. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $102K in 2020 to $158K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
1the purpose of the corporation is to receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to one or more qualified donees within the meaning of the income tax act (canada) as amended from time to time.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $158K | $36K | — | — | $33K | $960K |
| 2023 | $148K | $43K | — | — | $41K | $838K |
| 2022 | $153K | $50K | — | — | $49K | $734K |
| 2021 | $156K | $32K | — | — | $31K | $631K |
| 2020 | $102K | $26K | — | — | $25K | $507K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $30K to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
J. Ken Rutherford (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rutherford Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 706880929RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.