The Chandisherry Foundation
Private foundation · Tecumseh, Ontario · BN 888454840RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($184,703) as filed with the CRA.
The Chandisherry Foundation is a private foundation based in Tecumseh, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $412K in revenue and $185K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $143K in 2024, the largest being $100K to University of Windsor. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $125K in 2020 to $412K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We are involved with grant making. We do not provide any direct services or programmes. Donations are made to qualified donnees as defined by the ita. Specific areas of interest include socially and economically disadvantaged youth arts and cultural organizations and capital grants program for health care in essex kent & lambton counties.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $412K | $185K | — | — | $143K | $4.6M |
| 2023 | $238K | $197K | — | — | $155K | $4.3M |
| 2022 | $39K | $172K | — | — | $128K | $4.3M |
| 2021 | $686K | $160K | — | — | $121K | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $125K | $160K | — | — | $122K | $3.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, May 31, 2024
- Other income$128,166
- Investment income$121,841
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $143K to 7 qualified donees:
- University of Windsor$100K
- The Windsor Symphony Society$15K
- The Art Gallery of Windsor$10K
- Unemployed Help Centre of Windsor Inc.$5,000
- The Windsor-Essex Children's Aid Foundation$5,000
- The Hospice of Windsor and Essex County Inc.$5,000
- Windsor International Film Festival$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Janet Graybiel (president); Marilyn Davidson (vice president); Jane Boyd (director); Michele Tweedie (director); Eli Graybiel (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Chandisherry Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888454840RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.