The Jesse Davidson Foundation
Public foundation · London, Ontario · BN 895097756RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,733,141) as filed with the CRA.
The Jesse Davidson Foundation is a public foundation based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from donations. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $50K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $758K in 2024, the largest being $167K to University of Washington. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Making grants to organizations for scientists carrying on research in gene and cell thereapy.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.7M | $121K | $306K | $880K | $12.5M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $100K | $332K | $825K | $12.1M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $2.1M | $478K | $406K | $755K | $11.6M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $396K | $386K | $1.2M | $14.5M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $336K | $258K | $995K | $14.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $758K to 6 qualified donees:
- University of Washington$167K
- Université Laval$162K
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$150K
- Fondation du Centre universitaire de santé McGill McGill University Health Centre Foundation$111K
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute/Institut de recherche de l'hopital d'Ottawa$100K
- Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre$69K
Received $50K from 12 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$10K
- Toronto Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,089
- Chinook Foundation$8,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,035
- Olympia Charitable Foundation$3,000
- Arbor Memorial Foundation$2,000
- Canada Gives$1,000
- Mowbray and Doris Sifton Family Foundation$600
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$400
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$108
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$502K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Atkinson (chair); Richard Beatty (treasurer); Tom Cappelli (director); Dale Cheeseman (director); Frank Desrosiers (director); Lisa Hoffman (director); Niki Kemeny (secretary); Ted Lindsay (director); Hanns Lochmuller (director); Jeffrey Preston (past chair); Natalie Rumscheidt (director); Doyle Steinke (director); Bonnie Wooten (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Jesse Davidson Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895097756RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.