The Douglas A. Smith Family Foundation
Private foundation · Gore Bay, Ontario · BN 813883485RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,459,242) as filed with the CRA.
The Douglas A. Smith Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Gore Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $17.5M in revenue and $18.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 48 qualified donees totalling $18.1M in 2024, the largest being $16.1M to St. Joseph's Health Centre of Sudbury Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $11.3M in 2020 to $17.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation continued to implement intentions to fund projects benefiting the communities of ontario. This will continue in the coming years.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $17.5M | $18.5M | — | — | $18.1M | $67.2M |
| 2023 | $11.5M | $3M | — | — | $2.7M | $68.2M |
| 2022 | $5.3M | $5.7M | — | — | $2M | $60K |
| 2021 | $12.6M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.6M | $60K |
| 2020 | $11.3M | $2.7M | — | — | $2.5M | $49.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $18.1M to 48 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- St. Joseph's Health Centre of Sudbury Foundation$16.1M
- Town of Gore Bay$1.1M
- Weengushk International Film Festival$100K
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada$100K
- Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology$100K
- Neo Kids Foundation$70K
- Burpee Mills Fire Dept$70K
- Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy Inc.$50K
- Lyons Memorial United Church$50K
- ART GALLERY OF SUDBURY/GALERIE D'ART DE SUDBURy$50K
- Strawberry Point Christian Camp Inc.$40K
- Canadian Cancer Society$38K
- Township of Cockburn Island Heritage Committee$35K
- Jennifer Ashleigh Children's Charity$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario Canada$25K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario Canada$20K
- ST. Andrews United Church$15K
- Sudbury Women's Centre$10K
- Northern Ontario Families of Children With Cancer$10K
- Nickel District Conservation Foundation$10K
- Rainbow District School Board$10K
- Kivi Park Community Foundation$10K
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church$10K
- The Canadian National Institute For The Blind$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas Smith (president/treasurer); Douglas Smith (chairman of the board); Gordon Smith (secretary); Maureen Dumond.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Douglas A. Smith Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 813883485RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.