The Morris Foundation
Private foundation · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 850722158RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($883,878) as filed with the CRA.
The Morris Foundation is a private foundation based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $884K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% 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 41% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $108K in 2024, the largest being $70K to Opportunity International Canada/opportunité Internationale Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $3.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The foundation has two mandates: 1) youth mental health and addictions 2) support of women in underdeveloped countries
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $884K | — | — | $738K | $16.6M |
| 2023 | $861K | $584K | — | — | $451K | $14.3M |
| 2022 | $664K | $633K | — | — | $500K | $14.1M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $394K | — | — | $279K | $14M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $714K | — | — | $587K | $12M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, June 30, 2024
- Investment income$2,008,740
- Receipted donations$742,444
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 $108K to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$1,233
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wendy Morris (trustee); Kelly Lutz (trustee); Katherine Wach (trustee); Frances Wach (director); Cameron Sylvester (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Morris Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 850722158RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.