Sarnia Community Foundation
Public foundation · Sarnia, Ontario · BN 119227452RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,431,682) as filed with the CRA.
Sarnia Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Sarnia, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.3M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $297K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 74 qualified donees totalling $744K in 2024, the largest being $54K to The International Symphony Orchestra of Sarnia and Port Huron. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.8M in 2020 to $4.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Community foundation which makes grants to registered charities based on the assessed needs of the charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.3M | $1.4M | $591K | $40K | $779K | $15.2M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $1.3M | $236K | — | $993K | $12.4M |
| 2022 | $684K | $981K | $970K | — | $612K | $11.2M |
| 2021 | $3.2M | $913K | $295K | — | $608K | $12.7M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1M | $350K | — | $628K | $10.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $744K to 74 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The International Symphony Orchestra of Sarnia and Port Huron$54K
- Lambton Christian School Society$50K
- Redeemer Christian Reformed Church of Sarnia$39K
- The Inn of the Good Shepherd (sarnia ) Inc$39K
- Family Foundations Institute$36K
- ST. Joseph's Hospice Resource Centre of Sarnia Lambton$30K
- Aamjiwnaang Athletic Club$27K
- Redeemer University$24K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sarnia-Lambton$22K
- ST. Clair Child and Youth$22K
- P.e. McGibbon Public School$21K
- City of Fort Saskatchewan$21K
- 10 Peaks Innovation Alliance (native Intiative)$15K
- The 404 Town House Sarnia Inc.$15K
- High Park School-Holc Centre$14K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontario$13K
- YMCA of Southwestern Ontario$13K
- City of Sarnia$13K
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$12K
- Habitat for Humanity - Sarnia/lambton$12K
- The Women's Interval Home of Sarnia and Lambton Inc.$12K
- The Social Service Bureau of Sarnia$11K
- Pathways Health Centre for Children$11K
- Bluewater Health Foundation$11K
- The Sarnia Northern Collegiate Institute & Vocational School$10K
Received $297K from 14 charities:
- The Hall Family Foundation$100K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$64K
- Living Hope Christian Reformed Church of Sarnia$39K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$20K
- Rotary Club of Sarnia Charitable Foundation$10K
- ST. Bartholomew's Church$7,835
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,266
- Canada Gives$1,000
- Community Foundations of Canada$1,000
- ST. Paul's Outreach Foundation of Sarnia Ontario$1,000
- Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire$500
- Famous 5 Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$148K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Deborah Austin (director); Rosanna Doidge (director); Margaret Dragan (director); Gini Newman (director); William Woods (director); Andrew Douglas (vice chair); Jessica Martin (chair); Jessica Pardis (director); Deanna Sandrin (director); Guatam Soparka (driector); Stephanie Thiffeault (director); Brandon Van Bilson (director); Jeff Burchill (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sarnia Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119227452RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.