The John Brouwer Foundation
Private foundation · London, Ontario · BN 890471642RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($371,284) as filed with the CRA.
The John Brouwer Foundation is a private foundation based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $371K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $355K in 2024, the largest being $120K to World Renew. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $522K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Assisting health community and christian organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $371K | — | — | $355K | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $325K | $424K | — | — | $405K | $2M |
| 2022 | $320K | $645K | — | — | $334K | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $553K | $339K | — | — | $319K | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $522K | $310K | — | — | $299K | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$964,113
- Investment income$140,925
- Other income$73,799
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 $355K to 15 qualified donees:
- World Renew$120K
- Indwell Community Homes$75K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$60K
- ST Joseph's Health CARE Foundation of London$25K
- London Health Sciences Foundation$20K
- World Vision Canada$10K
- ReFrame Ministries$10K
- CARE Canada$8,000
- Redeemer University$6,000
- The Bible League of Canada$6,000
- Amnesty International$5,000
- Southwestern Ontario Youth for Christ$4,000
- Teen Challenge Canada Inc.$2,000
- Mission Services of London$2,000
- Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Brouwer (secretary); Anthony Brouwer (director); Peter Brouwer (director); Edward Brouwer (director); William Karelsen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The John Brouwer Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890471642RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.