The Cairns Family Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 872125273RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($22,393) as filed with the CRA.
The Cairns Family Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $11K in revenue and $22K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $14K in 2024, the largest being $1,500 to Seeds of Diversity Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $22K in 2020 to $11K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Supports other charities through donations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11K | $22K | — | — | $14K | $297K |
| 2023 | $7,910 | $21K | — | — | $12K | $212K |
| 2022 | $24K | $25K | — | — | $16K | $225K |
| 2021 | $12K | $27K | — | — | $18K | $226K |
| 2020 | $22K | $23K | — | — | $13K | $241K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $14K to 14 qualified donees:
- Seeds of Diversity Canada$1,500
- The Food Bank of Waterloo Region$1,000
- The Trustee Board of the Presbyterian Church in Canada$1,000
- Helping Other People Effectively (H.O.P.E.)/Aider les Autres Personnes Positivement ( A.A.P.P)$1,000
- Faith's Orphans Fund$1,000
- Canadian Cancer Society$1,000
- Waterloo Regional Health Network Foundation$1,000
- ST Mary's General Hospital Foundation Kitchener-Waterloo$1,000
- Pioneers Canada$1,000
- Arrow Leadership International Ministries$1,000
- London Health Sciences Foundation$1,000
- One4Another International$1,000
- Reign Ministries Canada Inc$700
- Camp Faces$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christopher Cairns (director); Benjamin Cairns (director); Jennifer Gauthier (director); Judith Cairns (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Cairns Family Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872125273RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.