The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Ancaster, Ontario · BN 840387815RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,859,601) as filed with the CRA.
The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Ancaster, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7.3M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% 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 27% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 73 qualified donees totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $85K to Calvin Christian School Society of Hamilton. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.4M in 2020 to $7.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain funds for distribution to other charitable organizations that are also registered charities under the income tax act. The foundation also acquired a building in 2014 allowing npo organizations to use the facilities by paying a nominal amount of rent or for free.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.3M | $1.9M | $207K | — | $1.2M | $43.4M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.8M | $198K | — | $1.2M | $33.5M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.5M | $884K | — | $811K | $30.8M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $1.4M | $790K | — | $790K | $34.4M |
| 2020 | $4.4M | $1.4M | $763K | — | $763K | $31M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 73 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Calvin Christian School Society of Hamilton$85K
- Cystic Fibrosis Canada / Fibrose Kystique Canada$50K
- The Living Rock Ministries$40K
- Hamilton Music Collective$40K
- Shalom Manor Long Term CARE Home$35K
- Inner City Outreach$35K
- Indwell Community Homes$35K
- Shalem Mental Health Network$31K
- Oak Hill Academy$30K
- Kingston Christian School Society$30K
- Zajac Ranch Society$30K
- YMCA of Hamilton/burlington/brantford$30K
- Port Nelson United Church$30K
- Mission Services of Hamilton Foundation$30K
- Mission Possible Compassionate Ministries Society$30K
- Titian Ministries International Inc.$27K
- Our Place Society$25K
- Okanagan Christian School$25K
- Hamilton Association for Christian Education Incorp$25K
- Saanich Peninsula Hospital and Healthcare Foundation$25K
- Community Counselling Centre of London$25K
- Willowbridge Community Services Inc.$22K
- ST. Joseph's Healthcare Foundation Hamilton$20K
- Redeemer University$20K
- Help Fill a Dream Foundation of Canada$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$118K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Voortman (director); Walter Voortman (director); Carl Joosse (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 840387815RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.