Stepping-Stone Foundation
Private foundation · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 861271252RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($988,160) as filed with the CRA.
Stepping-Stone Foundation is a private foundation based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, it reported $224K in revenue and $988K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,659 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $827K in 2023, the largest being $827K to The Governing Council of the University of Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $73K in 2020 to $224K in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To distribute earned income to qualified donees who will distribute funds to single parents to help finance their education broaden their employment opportunities and better the socio-economic well-being of their families
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $224K | $988K | — | — | $827K | $21K |
| 2022 | $21K | $157K | — | — | $56K | $784K |
| 2021 | $119K | $84K | — | — | $74K | $921K |
| 2020 | $73K | $46K | — | — | $38K | $885K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $827K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Elaine Connolly (director); Robert Geier (director); James Dunnison (director); Shirley Kamerling-Roberts (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Stepping-Stone Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861271252RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.