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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$25,213
- Other gifts$822
- Receipted donations$500
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.