The Dickson Family Foundation
Private foundation · Thornbury, Ontario · BN 854004496RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($83,816) as filed with the CRA.
The Dickson Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Thornbury, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $115K in revenue and $84K 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 26% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $60K in 2024, the largest being $25K to The Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $17K in 2020 to $115K in 2024.
In its own words
We make gifts to qualified donees in the following areas: -health care including medical research and health care services -social welfare organizations -promotion of the arts -educational -environmental
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $115K | $84K | — | — | $60K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $167K | $68K | — | — | $50K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $51K | $53K | — | — | $35K | $983K |
| 2021 | $41K | $52K | — | — | $35K | $1M |
| 2020 | $17K | $39K | — | — | $25K | $838K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $60K to 4 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Dickson Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 854004496RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.