The Donald G Spiers Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Newmarket, Ontario · BN 876606567RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($66,101) as filed with the CRA.
The Donald G Spiers Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Newmarket, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $50K in revenue and $66K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $65K in 2024, the largest being $24K to Hillside Evangelical Missionary Church. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $201K in 2020 to $50K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation provides grants to canadian registered charities such as churches and mission organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $50K | $66K | — | — | $65K | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $51K | $62K | — | — | $62K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $52K | $55K | — | — | $52K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $54K | $55K | — | — | $52K | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $201K | $49K | — | — | $46K | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$50,496
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 $65K to 8 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Philip Bedley (director); Karen Bedley (director); Phillip Briggs (director); Julie Briggs (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Donald G Spiers Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876606567RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.