The Freeburne Banting Foundation
Public foundation · Burlington, Ontario · BN 887769552RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,862,133) as filed with the CRA.
The Freeburne Banting Foundation is a public foundation based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $125M in revenue and $3.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% 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 68% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $3.6M in 2024, the largest being $595K to ST. Joseph's Healthcare Foundation Hamilton. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.1M in 2020 to $125M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The Foundation provides funding to qualified donees (Donations to registered charities hospitals educational institutions).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $125M | $3.9M | $0 | — | $3.6M | $213.4M |
| 2023 | $10.2M | $3.4M | — | — | $2.3M | $82.3M |
| 2022 | $34.6M | $2.2M | — | — | $2M | $72.5M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.7M | — | — | $1.4M | $50.5M |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $1.2M | — | — | $870K | $40.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.6M to 15 qualified donees:
- ST. Joseph's Healthcare Foundation Hamilton$595K
- West Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc.$400K
- Eva Rothwell Centre$400K
- Shifra Homes Inc.$350K
- Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada$285K
- Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association of Canada (debra Canada)$274K
- Windsor Goodfellows Club$200K
- Mission Services of Hamilton Inc.$200K
- Greater Hamilton Food Share$200K
- Burlington Food Bank$200K
- Hospital Family Houses of Ontario$150K
- Cancer Assistance Program of Hamilton$120K
- Fondation du CHU de Québec$100K
- City Kidz Ministry$100K
- Faces to Names$59K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas Leggat (director); Clive Davis (president); Kathleen Galway (director/secretary/treasurer); Jay Macdonald (director); Terry Winchie (director); Paul Milne (assistant secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Freeburne Banting Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887769552RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.