The Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Listowel, Ontario · BN 888310265RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($402,994) as filed with the CRA.
The Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Listowel, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $403K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 32 qualified donees totalling $345K in 2024, the largest being $61K to Wilfrid Laurier University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $270K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Supported educational institutions and registered charitable organizations that work primarily within the Waterloo region
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $403K | — | — | $345K | $8.2M |
| 2023 | $649K | $406K | — | — | $350K | $7.2M |
| 2022 | -$601K | $313K | — | — | $258K | $7M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $296K | — | — | $242K | $7.9M |
| 2020 | $270K | $277K | — | — | $236K | $6.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $345K to 32 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Wilfrid Laurier University$61K
- University of Waterloo$56K
- Kidsability Centre for Child Development Foundation$24K
- The Food Bank of Waterloo Region$18K
- Child Witness Centre of Waterloo Region$15K
- ST. Mary's Hospital Foundation$11K
- Waterloo Regional Health Network Foundation$11K
- Family & Children's Services of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Foundation$11K
- Cambridge Memorial Hospital Foundation$11K
- The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$11K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre$10K
- Junior Achievement of South Western Ontario Inc.$10K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Waterloo Region$8,500
- Lyrical Lines Education Network$7,000
- Send 'em Off Smiling Children's Charity$6,000
- Nutrition for Learning Inc.$6,000
- House of Friendship$6,000
- Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region Inc$6,000
- Kitchener Public Library Board$6,000
- Food4Kids Waterloo Region$6,000
- Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council$5,000
- Drayton Theatres Inc$5,000
- Hospice of Waterloo Region$4,500
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Listowel and District$4,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kenneth Stephen Brown (president); Michael Brown (secretary/treasurer); Paul Fryer (director); Bob Krische (director); Guy McLean (director); Joanne McClean (director); Robert Rosehart (vice president); Ryan Norris (director); Wendy Hoffmann (director); Sara Martin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888310265RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.