The Masonic Foundation of Ontario
Public foundation · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 894112986RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,119,279) as filed with the CRA.
The Masonic Foundation of Ontario is a public foundation based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 54 qualified donees totalling $933K in 2024, the largest being $81K to Sickkids Charitable Giving Fund. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $806K in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
The objects of the foundation set out clearly the charitable nature: to receive maintain manage control and use donations exclusively for charitable surposes within ontario. The foundation is committed to funding bursaries hearing research and drug and substance abuse
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $1.1M | $88K | — | $937K | $19.4M |
| 2023 | $458K | $2M | $91K | — | $654K | $18.4M |
| 2022 | $2M | $691K | $179K | — | $417K | $19.9M |
| 2021 | $3.5M | $664K | $161K | — | $481K | $18.6M |
| 2020 | $806K | $1.2M | $145K | — | $437K | $15.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $933K to 54 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Sickkids Charitable Giving Fund$81K
- The Perley and Rideau Veterans' Health Centre Foundation/La fondation du centre de santé Perley et Rideau pour anciens combattants$50K
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine University$50K
- The Perley and Rideau Veterans' Health Centre Foundation/La fondation du centre de santé Perley et Rideau pour anciens combattants$40K
- Challenge League Sports$37K
- London Health Sciences Foundation$25K
- Kingston Health Sciences Centre$25K
- ST. Joseph's Healthcare Foundation Hamilton$25K
- ST. Lawrence College of Applied Arts & Technology$25K
- ST. Joseph's Healthcare Foundation Hamilton$25K
- The St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology$25K
- Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology$25K
- The Mohawk College Foundation$25K
- Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology$25K
- London Health Sciences Foundation$25K
- The Lambton College Foundation$25K
- Fanshawe College of Applied Arts & Technology$25K
- The Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology$25K
- Neo Kids Foundation$23K
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$21K
- Colorectal Cancer Resource & Action Network (CCRAN)$21K
- Five Counties Children's Centre$21K
- University Hospitals Kingston Foundation$20K
- Alzheimer Society Sudbury$19K
- Mission Services of Hamilton Inc.$17K
Received $40K from 14 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$13K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$9,079
- Blue Sky Foundation$5,000
- Melchior Family Foundation$5,000
- The Ottawa Masonic Corporation$2,500
- BenefAction Foundation$1,337
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,220
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$829
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$590
- United Way of Durham Region$508
- United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington$452
- The Scottish Rite Club of Victoria District Endowment Fund$250
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$52
- United Way of Greater Toronto$27
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kenneth Brinston (president); James Broomhead (director); Darren Byrne (director); Donald Campbell (director); Jamie Ireland (director); Art Dicecco (director); Ted Dunsmore (director); Keith Heydon (director); Brian Mactavish (director); Preey McConnell (director); Matthew McLaren (director); Chad More (director); Bart Seaton (treasurer); Richard Stevemson (director); Victor Tavares (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Masonic Foundation of Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894112986RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.