Takla Foundation
Private foundation · Russell, Ontario · BN 864131032RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($690,768) as filed with the CRA.
Takla Foundation is a private foundation based in Russell, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.5M in revenue and $691K 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 61% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 34 qualified donees totalling $655K in 2024, the largest being $81K to Quinte Health. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $671K in 2020 to $3.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
During the fiscal year the foundation received investment income with which it made gifts to qualified donees
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.5M | $691K | — | — | $629K | $14.8M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $420K | — | — | $546K | $11.9M |
| 2022 | -$486K | $587K | — | — | $375K | $10.8M |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $492K | — | — | $335K | $11.9M |
| 2020 | $671K | $408K | — | — | $331K | $10.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $655K to 34 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Quinte Health$81K
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation$40K
- ST Joseph's Health CARE Foundation of London$36K
- ST Joseph's Health CARE Foundation of London$36K
- Waterloo Regional Health Network Foundation$36K
- Children's Health Foundation$35K
- Wildlife Preservation Canada/conservation de la Faune au Ca Nada$32K
- Royal Botanical Gardens$30K
- Sinai Health Foundation$25K
- Headwaters Health CARE Centre$25K
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation$25K
- The Western Memorial Regional Hospital Foundation Inc$20K
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$20K
- The Roberta Bondar Foundation$15K
- Toronto Wildlife Centre$15K
- The Dorothy Ley Hospice$15K
- St.Joseph's - Hospice of London$15K
- London Regional Children's Museum$15K
- The Canadian National Institute For The Blind$15K
- YMCA of Southwestern Ontario$10K
- The Toronto Humane Society$10K
- The Elmer Iseler Singers$10K
- The Ontario Bushplane Heritage and Forest Fire Educational Centre$10K
- Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre$10K
- Credit Valley Conservation Foundation$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ruth Andrews (president treasurer); Cynthia Andrews (director secretary); Lynn Sinclair-Smith (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Takla Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864131032RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.