The Gordon Foundation
Private foundation · Sarnia, Ontario · BN 119235505RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($262,244) as filed with the CRA.
The Gordon Foundation is a private foundation based in Sarnia, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $589K in revenue and $262K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $232K in 2024, the largest being $100K to Bluewater Health Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation uses income earned and donations received to make donations to other registered chartiable organizations in the community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $589K | $262K | $25K | — | $232K | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $227K | $135K | $11K | — | $120K | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $227K | $259K | — | — | $256K | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $201K | — | — | $198K | $3.5M |
| 2020 | $860K | $163K | — | — | $160K | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, September 30, 2024
- Other income$255,615
- Receipted donations$150,000
- Investment income$33,636
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 $232K to 6 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rondald Gordon (trustee); Jennifer Gordon (trustee); Matthew Gordon (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Gordon Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119235505RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.