The Norfolk Community Foundation
Public foundation · Simcoe, Ontario · BN 119259794RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($275,946) as filed with the CRA.
The Norfolk Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Simcoe, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $276K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $31K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $128K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Grand Erie District School Board. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Provides bursaries to university and college bound students - donations to charities for local projects
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $276K | $75K | — | $128K | $5.1M |
| 2023 | $389K | $220K | $64K | — | $93K | $4.3M |
| 2022 | -$17K | $126K | $39K | — | $34K | $4.2M |
| 2021 | $977K | $174K | — | — | $67K | $4.3M |
| 2020 | -$46K | $150K | — | — | $65K | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $128K to 13 qualified donees:
- Grand Erie District School Board$25K
- Norfolk General Hospital Foundation$19K
- The Gathering Food Centre$15K
- Lynnwood Arts Centre$14K
- Indwell Community Homes$11K
- Campfire Circle Autour du Feu$10K
- Norfolk Association for Community Living$10K
- Purrfect Companions of Norfolk Cat Rescue and Adoption$5,000
- ST Paul's Church$5,000
- Norfolk County Municipality$5,000
- Alzheimer Society of Brant Haldimand Norfolk Hamilton Halton$5,000
- Victim Services Haldimand Norfolk New Credit$3,000
- Marburg Community Association$1,400
Received $31K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Fredericks (director); Bruce Shoff (vice chair); Bart Crandon (director); Robert Judd (director); Shawn Swarts (chair); Marc Vanden Bussche (director); Brad Allender (director); Len Addley (executive director); Catherine Maloney (director); Stephanie Vandenberg (secretary); Mike Mitchell (treasurer); Patricia Misner (director); Jane Scheel (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Norfolk Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119259794RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.