The Avila Foundation
Private foundation · North Bay, Ontario · BN 893744623RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,562,704) as filed with the CRA.
The Avila Foundation is a private foundation based in North Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $5.1M in revenue and $4.6M in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $28.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% 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 1 qualified donee totalling $4.1M in 2024, the largest being $4.1M to The Sisters of ST Joseph of Sault Ste Marie. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The Avila Foundation provides support for the advancement of religion and the relief of poverty. This is done through education health care social work and parish programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.1M | $4.6M | — | — | $4.1M | $56.8M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $3.7M | — | — | $3.4M | $56.3M |
| 2022 | $4.9M | $3.7M | — | — | $2.4M | $57.5M |
| 2021 | $6.6M | $3.4M | — | — | $2.2M | $56.3M |
| 2020 | $5M | $3.4M | — | — | $3.1M | $53.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4.1M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $28 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bonnie MacLellan (director/president); Winnifred McLoughlin (director); James Klein (vice-chairperson); Jamie Graham (chairperson); Costanza Romano (director/secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Avila Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893744623RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.