The Mohawk College Foundation
Public foundation · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 119245744RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,843,285) as filed with the CRA.
The Mohawk College Foundation is a public foundation based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $5.6M in revenue and $5.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations, 41% from other charities. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3.4M in 2024, the largest being $3.4M to Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The mohawk college foundation supports the mission of the mohawk college of applied arts and technology (mohawk college) by promoting interest and awareness of mohawk college in the community and acress the province. The foundation raises philanthropic support through donations which fund mohawk college campus improvements and capital redevelopment and provide mohawk college with financial support for students in the form of scholarships and bursaries. Ongoing programs include major giving planned giving capital campaigns special events and gift planning.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.6M | $5.8M | — | $973K | $3.7M | $2M |
| 2023 | $3.6M | $3.9M | — | $792K | $2.1M | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $3.5M | $3.6M | — | $689K | $2.2M | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $4M | — | $627K | $2.8M | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $5M | $5M | — | $807K | $3.7M | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.4M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $2M from 20 charities:
- Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology$1.5M
- The Schulich Foundation$225K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$118K
- The Marinucci Family Foundation$70K
- The Schwenger Family Foundation$50K
- The Counselling Foundation of Canada$27K
- The Masonic Foundation of Ontario$25K
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$10K
- Reise Family Foundation$8,000
- Burlington Community Foundation$5,000
- AFC Foundation$5,000
- Bob and Peggy Savage Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,625
- Kelly Dunham Memorial Foundation$2,500
- Jazz.fm91 Inc.$2,300
- The Leonard Foundation$1,732
- Community Living Hamilton$500
- Ancaster Horticultural Society$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$144
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Suzanne Mammel (director); Stephen Aikman (director); Bob Savage (chair & director); Pearl Veenema (director); Jay Hayward (director); Ron McKerlie (officer-president); Angela Zehr (officer-treasurer); Carmela Trombetta (director); Kat Clark (director); Lib Trombetta (director); Julia Sippel (officer-secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Mohawk College Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119245744RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.