The Ross W McNeil Foundation
Private foundation · Brockville, Ontario · BN 866738958RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($57,781) as filed with the CRA.
The Ross W McNeil Foundation is a private foundation based in Brockville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $150K in revenue and $58K in expenditures.
In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $97.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $40K in 2024, the largest being $8,000 to St John's Foundation for the Arts. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $56K in 2020 to $150K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Maintain a fund to apply to all or part of the principal and income therefrom to charitable organizations that are also registered charities pursuant to the income tax act
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $150K | $58K | — | — | $40K | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $24K | $53K | — | — | $38K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $73K | $94K | — | — | $81K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $56K | $34K | — | — | $21K | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $40K to 8 qualified donees:
- St John's Foundation for the Arts$8,000
- Community Involvement Legacy Homes$7,500
- Rideau Lakes Public Library Board$5,000
- May Court Club of Brockville Incorporated$5,000
- The Volunteer Centre of ST. Lawrence-Rideau$4,900
- Girls Incorporated of Upper Canada$4,000
- Cross Town Impact$4,000
- Athens Public Library$1,400
Received $97 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas Cartan (treasurer); Nicholas Earle (vice president); Denise Fraser (president); Steven Hickling (director); Conner Hickling (director); Samantha Wills (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ross W McNeil Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866738958RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.