The Foundation Office.ca
Public foundation · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 835065038RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,585,640) as filed with the CRA.
The Foundation Office.ca is a public foundation based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $46.7M in revenue and $16.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 338 qualified donees totalling $15.7M in 2024, the largest being $2.1M to Youth for Christ/canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $19.5M in 2020 to $46.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
We receive and maintain a fund or funds and apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to qualified donees. The Foundation Office.ca does not accept unsolicited applications for funding but relies upon the recommendations of those who establish donor-advised funds. The Foundation Office.ca occasionally conducts and disseminates research on philanthropic and charitable initiatives and provides opportunities to collaborate and/or partner in philanthropic activities to benefit qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $46.7M | $16.6M | $570 | $5,192 | $15.7M | $82M |
| 2023 | $26.7M | $13.8M | $263 | $4,084 | $13.1M | $51.9M |
| 2022 | $8.5M | $10.9M | $802 | $3,904 | $10.2M | $39M |
| 2021 | $24.4M | $11M | $372 | $3,396 | $10.4M | $41.4M |
| 2020 | $19.5M | $9.9M | $9 | $944 | $9.3M | $28M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $15.7M to 338 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Youth for Christ/canada$2.1M
- Montréal Youth for Christ$2M
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$1.4M
- The Great Commission Foundation$778K
- Muskoka Association for Christian Education Inc.$650K
- Power to Change Ministries$477K
- The Cardus Institute$472K
- Ottawa Community Foundation$335K
- Kinvest Impact Foundation$261K
- The Christian Academy of Western Ontario$250K
- World Vision Canada$246K
- Grace Village Care Foundation$236K
- Health Partners International of Canada$220K
- Alpha Ministries Canada$215K
- Mennonite Disaster Service Canada Inc.$210K
- Union Gospel Mission$185K
- Massawippi Valley Health Foundation$177K
- Hope Story$165K
- The Brookhaven Foundation for Youth$160K
- Children's Health Foundation$150K
- The Tyndale Foundation$135K
- The Huntingville Community Church$120K
- Forward Baptist Church Cambridge$120K
- Parkside Ranch Inc.$116K
- London North Park Community Church$112K
Received $1M from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Faus (treasurer); Jannalee Anderson (chair); Frances Wilson.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Foundation Office.ca’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835065038RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.