The Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan Foundation
Private foundation · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 119216091RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($358,390) as filed with the CRA.
The Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan Foundation is a private foundation based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $36K in revenue and $358K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $4,027.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $358K in 2024, the largest being $268K to Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The trustees meet to determine the funding allocation for the catholic high schools in hamilton to discuss ways and means for enhancing the foundation's role and effort in the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $36K | $358K | — | — | $358K | $60K |
| 2023 | $36K | — | — | — | — | $396K |
| 2022 | $8,058 | $100K | — | — | $100K | $360K |
| 2021 | $81K | $96K | — | — | $96K | $452K |
| 2020 | -$32K | — | — | — | — | $467K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $358K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $4,027 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patrick Daly (chair); Brian Guest (director); Beartice Kemp (director); Richard McPhee (director); John Lewis (director); Peter Rosser (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119216091RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.