The Matt Foundation
Private foundation · Kanata, Ontario · BN 887990661RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($554,164) as filed with the CRA.
The Matt Foundation is a private foundation based in Kanata, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $554K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% 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 62% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 21 qualified donees totalling $508K in 2024, the largest being $66K to The Ottawa Hospital Foundation/la Fondation de l'Hopital d'Ottawa. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The activities of the matt foundation continue of those of the estates of ... ... ... And other individual donors wherein it was directed that all or so much of the net income and all or so much of the capital as to be extended to or for general charitable objects and without limiting the foregoing for education general medical or health related objects or for the general relief of poverty as may be selected by the trustee's. It is the interpretation of the foundation to continue with the general distribution policy.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $554K | — | — | $508K | $6.2M |
| 2023 | $401K | $272K | — | — | $220K | $5.5M |
| 2022 | -$123K | $248K | — | — | $205K | $5.4M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $300K | — | — | $257K | $5.7M |
| 2020 | -$138K | $198K | — | — | $167K | $4.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $508K to 21 qualified donees:
- The Ottawa Hospital Foundation/la Fondation de l'Hopital d'Ottawa$66K
- Algonquin College Foundation$56K
- World Vision Canada$40K
- Wesley Urban Ministries Inc.$40K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$40K
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$40K
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$20K
- Oblates of Mary Immaculate$20K
- Ottawa Salus Corporation$20K
- Shepherds of Good Hope Foundation$20K
- Parkdale Food Centre$20K
- The Ottawa Mission$20K
- Help Our Students Program$20K
- Harmony House Shelter$20K
- Christie Lake Kids$10K
- OrKidstra - Sistema Ottawa$10K
- The Good Companions$10K
- Children's Aid Foundation of Ottawa$10K
- Bruyère Health Foundation$10K
- Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa$10K
- Glebe ST. James United Church$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Diane Drouin (director); Robert Allan (director); Ian Glen (director); John Connolly (director); Shelagh Connolly (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Matt Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887990661RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.