The Grigsby Family Foundation
Private foundation · Burlington, Ontario · BN 834184566RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($726,676) as filed with the CRA.
The Grigsby Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $156K in revenue and $727K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $704K in 2024, the largest being $675K to CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada). Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $29K in 2020 to $156K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation has been established for the purpose of receiving and maintaining a fund or funds to be applied for the benefit of other registered charities. The foundation distributed funds to various qualified donees in 2024
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $156K | $727K | — | — | $704K | $15K |
| 2023 | $25K | $162K | — | — | $147K | $586K |
| 2022 | $15K | $74K | — | — | $57K | $723K |
| 2021 | $60K | $65K | — | — | $52K | $481K |
| 2020 | $29K | $56K | — | — | $44K | $786K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $704K to 5 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Frederick Grigsby (trustee); Ellen Grigsby (trustee); Edward Hampson (trustee); Robert Grigsby (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Grigsby Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 834184566RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.