The Christian Organization Trust
Private foundation · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 790250120RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($461,477) as filed with the CRA.
The Christian Organization Trust is a private foundation based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $239K in revenue and $461K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $400K in 2024, the largest being $100K to Trans World Radio Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $57K in 2020 to $239K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
To disburse funds to registered charities as per trust deed
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $239K | $461K | — | — | $40K | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $139K | $462K | — | — | $400K | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $123K | $469K | — | — | $400K | $3.7M |
| 2021 | $272K | $471K | — | — | $400K | $4M |
| 2020 | $57K | $474K | — | — | $400K | $4.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $400K to 4 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bmo Trust Company (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Christian Organization Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 790250120RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.