The Granary Foundation
Private foundation · Oakville, Ontario · BN 860988575RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($357,486) as filed with the CRA.
The Granary Foundation is a private foundation based in Oakville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $300K in revenue and $357K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% 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 80% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $353K in 2024, the largest being $96K to Youth With A Mission (BC) Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation makes donations to other charities registered under the income tax act (canada)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $300K | $357K | — | — | $353K | $39K |
| 2023 | $519K | $459K | — | — | $457K | $96K |
| 2022 | $390K | $447K | — | — | $446K | $36K |
| 2021 | $497K | $427K | — | — | $423K | $94K |
| 2020 | $310K | $480K | — | — | $479K | $24K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $353K to 15 qualified donees:
- Youth With A Mission (BC) Society$96K
- Peoples Ministries Inc.$44K
- Toronto Youth for Christ$41K
- Urbanpromise Toronto$33K
- Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada$32K
- Millennium Relief and Development Services (canada)$21K
- Friends in Formation$19K
- Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada$15K
- Power to Change Ministries$12K
- Church on the Rock$11K
- Kerr Street Community Services$8,000
- Christian Direction Inc. Direction Chretienne Inc.$7,000
- The Yonge Street Mission$5,250
- Teen Challenge Canada Inc.$5,250
- World Vision Canada$2,160
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gail Masson (secretary executive dir); Tim Masson (president); Karen Mann (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Granary Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860988575RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.