The Pottruff Family Foundation
Private foundation · Uxbridge, Ontario · BN 847537065RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($353,845) as filed with the CRA.
The Pottruff Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Uxbridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $340K in revenue and $354K in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $960.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $297K in 2024, the largest being $200K to Uxbridge Hospital Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The Foundation donates funds to other registered charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $340K | $354K | — | — | $298K | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $144K | $376K | — | — | $322K | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $159K | $252K | — | — | $198K | $3.5M |
| 2021 | $453K | $257K | — | — | $201K | $3.6M |
| 2020 | $447K | $138K | — | — | $87K | $3.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $297K to 19 qualified donees:
- Uxbridge Hospital Foundation$200K
- Lifted Literacy and Leadership$55K
- Second Harvest Canada$10K
- Shaw Festival Theatre Canada$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,000
- The Durham District School Board$5,000
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Canada Société Canadienne de la Sclérose Latérale Amyotrophique$5,000
- Feed The Need In Durham$3,241
- University of Guelph$2,500
- The Toronto Symphony$2,500
- The Royal Ontario Museum Foundation$2,000
- Oak Ridges Hospice of Durham Ltd.$480
- St. Isaac Jogues Church$259
- Preston Scout House Band Inc$250
- Actors Fund of Canada$250
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$250
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$202
- Norfolk General Hospital Foundation$150
- Alzheimer Society of Durham Region$100
Received $960 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gary Pottruff (director); Marie Verschuuren (director); Kevin Smith (director); Kerilee Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Pottruff Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 847537065RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.