The Dollywood Foundation of Canada
Publicly funded institution · Brantford, Ontario · BN 846742328RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,641,110) as filed with the CRA.
The Dollywood Foundation of Canada is a charitable organization based in Brantford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $165K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $2.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Communities will participate in the program to bring dolly parton’s imagination library to children who reside in such community. Dollywood foundation of canada manages the delivery system negotiates the cost of the books mailing and absorbs all costs associated with managing the delivery process. Each child under the age of 5 enrolled receives one book per month unil they turn 5 years old.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.6M | — | — | $392K |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.2M | — | — | $376K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.8M | — | — | $263K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $214K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $230K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $165K from 22 charities:
- The Johnston Family Foundation$28K
- Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundation$24K
- Stratford and Perth County Community Foundation$21K
- The Kiwanis Club of Windsor$12K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- Johnston Family Enrichment Fund$10K
- London Community Foundation$10K
- River Philip Foundation$10K
- The DR. & MRS. H. E. Christie Community Foundation$8,500
- Sarnia Community Foundation$7,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,450
- Bailie Family Foundation$5,000
- Bennett and Albert County Health Care Foundation Inc.$4,389
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,430
- Muskoka Community Foundation$1,300
- Souris Glenwood Foundation Inc.$1,000
- The Retired Teachers Foundation$785
- Times Colonist Literacy Society$500
- Three Harbours Pastoral Charge$500
- United Way Of Brandon & District Inc.$185
- Atwood United Church$100
- Corporation of the Sisters of ST Martha—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dolly Parton (chair); Ted Miller (vice chair); Rob Welch (board member); Jane Lindsay (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Dollywood Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846742328RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.