The Ruth E. and William H. Ross Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 832943351RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($768,835) as filed with the CRA.
The Ruth E. and William H. Ross Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $139K in revenue and $769K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $753K in 2024, the largest being $682K to Jewish Federation of British Columbia. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $139K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The purpose is to donate to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $139K | $769K | — | — | $753K | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $237K | $743K | — | — | $723K | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $93K | $1.5M | — | — | $1.5M | $3.7M |
| 2021 | $5.9M | $792K | — | — | $792K | $5.2M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.3M | $66K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $753K to 5 qualified donees:
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$682K
- Canadian Associates of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev Inc.$45K
- Har El the North Shore Centre for Jewish Life Society$11K
- Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation/fondation Canadienne de l'Hopital Shaare Zedek$10K
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ruth Ross (trustee); William Ross (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ruth E. and William H. Ross Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 832943351RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.