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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$4,130,915
- Investment income$1,600,748
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 $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.