The Community Foundation of Orillia and Area
Public foundation · Orillia, Ontario · BN 868038951RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($771,271) as filed with the CRA.
The Community Foundation of Orillia and Area is a public foundation based in Orillia, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $773K in revenue and $771K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $32K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 58 qualified donees totalling $588K in 2024, the largest being $80K to Orillia Soldiers Memorial Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $396K in 2020 to $773K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Development and mainteance of permanent endowment funds for the community. Promote philanthropic leadership 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 | $773K | $771K | — | — | $588K | $12.5M |
| 2023 | $856K | $850K | — | — | $665K | $11.3M |
| 2022 | $621K | $610K | — | — | $460K | $10.6M |
| 2021 | $491K | $488K | — | — | $347K | $9.8M |
| 2020 | $396K | $395K | — | — | $276K | $11M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $588K to 58 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Orillia Soldiers Memorial Hospital Foundation$80K
- Orillia Presbyterian Church - ST. Andrews$48K
- Salvation Army Orillia$40K
- Hill House Hospice$38K
- Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind (cgdb)$38K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orillia & District$26K
- The Sharing Place Food Centre$26K
- Mariposa House Hospice$26K
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$25K
- Couchiching Jubilee House$19K
- Orillia Christian Centre$16K
- World Vision Canada$15K
- Orillia Youth Centre$14K
- Green Haven Shelter for Women$14K
- ST. Vincent de Paul$11K
- North Simcoe Victim Crisis Services$10K
- Couchiching Conservancy$9,800
- Canadian Red Cross Society$9,300
- ST Paul's United Church$8,000
- Lakehead University - Orillia$6,000
- Helping Hands$6,000
- Georgian College - Orillia$6,000
- Child Advocacy Centre$6,000
- Alzheimers Society$6,000
- North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network$5,000
Received $32K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Gordon (president); Kathy Webb (director); Trevor Walker (director); Jodi Lloyd (director); Jim Dykes (director); Christopher Hazel (vice president); Lisa Ferry (director); Doug Varty (director); Chris Holtved (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Community Foundation of Orillia and Area’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868038951RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.