The Perth and District Community Foundation
Public foundation · Perth, Ontario · BN 874462112RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($618,866) as filed with the CRA.
The Perth and District Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Perth, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $619K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $250K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 95% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 23 qualified donees totalling $337K in 2024, the largest being $82K to ST. Paul's United Church. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $765K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain a fund to grant to qualified donees fund to improve their efficiency and effectiveness and become more self-sufficient.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $619K | $3,507 | $2,723 | $505K | $7.5M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $744K | $87K | $5,286 | $550K | $6.5M |
| 2022 | $780K | $307K | $4,233 | $8,039 | $183K | $5.8M |
| 2021 | $2M | $342K | $31K | $856 | $266K | $5.3M |
| 2020 | $765K | $308K | $40K | $8,100 | $217K | $3.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $337K to 23 qualified donees:
- ST. Paul's United Church$82K
- Yak Youth Services$53K
- Connectwell Community Health$44K
- Perth and District Union Public Library Board$28K
- Perth Enrichment Program for Older Adults$25K
- Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of Lanark County$16K
- The Table Community Food Centre$13K
- Lanark County Community Justice Program Inc.$9,500
- Lanark Highlands Youth Centre Inc$7,950
- Watersheds Canada$6,800
- Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital Foundation$6,049
- Lanark Highlands Food Pantry$6,000
- University Hospitals Kingston Foundation$5,000
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$5,000
- Open Doors Mental Health for Children Youth & Families$5,000
- Lanark County Interval House$5,000
- Lanark Highlands Public Library$3,697
- Queen's University at Kingston$3,551
- The Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology$3,551
- Middleville and District Museum$3,000
- Lanark Animal Welfare Society$2,498
- Indspire$2,240
- Friends of the Smiths Falls Public Library$2,000
Received $250K from 11 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$91K
- Canadahelps Canadon$91K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$25K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,091
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- Taggart Parkes Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Community Foundations of Canada$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$500
- Rideau Council No 2444 Charitable Trust$150
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$64K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Poole (president); Kay Rogers (vice president); Rebecca Waterhouse (director); Christopher Chaplin (director); Shannon Baillon (director); Jordan Kennie (director); Joseph Sawan (director); Philippa Syme (director); Beverley Ann Hawthorne (director); James Daly (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Perth and District Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874462112RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.