The Linders Foundation
Private foundation · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 816383434RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,653,414) as filed with the CRA.
The Linders Foundation is a private foundation based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% 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 1% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $105K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Église baptiste évangélique de St-Jérôme. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $317K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
We donate funds to various charitable organizations which are christian mission organizations humanitarian organizations or those which have as their purpose the meeting of specific needs such as disaster relief.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $2.7M | — | — | $105K | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $439K | $145K | — | — | $130K | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $361K | $115K | — | — | $95K | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $412K | $127K | — | — | $115K | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $317K | $171K | — | — | $95K | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $105K to 8 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jean Linders (director); Donald Linders (director); Heather Linders (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Linders Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 816383434RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.