The Hensen Foundation
Private foundation · Brantford, Ontario · BN 855817482RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($284,269) as filed with the CRA.
The Hensen Foundation is a private foundation based in Brantford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $255K in revenue and $284K 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 62% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 69 qualified donees totalling $264K in 2024, the largest being $29K to Society for the Promotion of Parental Schools for Christian Education of Brantford and Vicinity.
In its own words
The hensen foundation made donations to qualified donees. Qualified donees include canadian denomination headquarters for charities performing worldwide charitable and missionary services. The hensen foundation did not engage in any political activities during 2024.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $255K | $284K | — | — | $264K | $4M |
| 2023 | $77K | $413K | — | — | $396K | $4.1M |
| 2022 | $123K | $290K | — | — | $269K | $4.4M |
| 2021 | $761K | $558K | — | — | $538K | $4.6M |
| 2020 | -$278K | $336K | — | — | $317K | $4.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$133,438
- Other income$62,034
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 $264K to 69 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Society for the Promotion of Parental Schools for Christian Education of Brantford and Vicinity$29K
- Hope Christian Reformed Church of Brantford$24K
- Redeemer University$20K
- Hamilton Association for Christian Education Incorp$20K
- Grace Community (ancaster) Christian Reformed Church$18K
- Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.$15K
- Forward Baptist Church Cambridge$9,000
- World Renew$9,000
- Ontario Rett Syndrome Association$9,000
- Calvin Christian School Society of Hamilton$7,627
- Why Not City Missions Brantford$5,860
- Word of Life Fellowship Canada Inc$5,000
- Hope Pregnancy & Family Support Centre$5,000
- Mission Aviation Fellowship of Canada$5,000
- Community Resource & Employment Service (brantford)$5,000
- Teen Challenge$4,000
- Ontario Christian Gleaners$4,000
- Lansdowne Children's Centre Foundation$4,000
- Brantford Blessing Centre Inc.$4,000
- Brant United Way$4,000
- The Good Shepherd Centre Hamilton$3,000
- Impactus Ministries$3,000
- Rotary Club of Brantford Charitable Foundation$2,500
- Mission Services of Hamilton Inc.$2,500
- ST. Joseph's Lifecare Foundation Brantford$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Hensen Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 855817482RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.