The Sam and Ida Ross Foundation
Private foundation · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 891414997RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,155) as filed with the CRA.
The Sam and Ida Ross Foundation is a private foundation based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3,235 in revenue and $3,155 in expenditures.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,000 in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $400 in 2020 to $3,235 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain a fund and apply from time to time all or part thereof and the income therefrom for charitable purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,235 | $3,155 | — | — | $2,000 | $72K |
| 2023 | $3,301 | $8,155 | — | — | $7,000 | $72K |
| 2022 | $1,047 | $1,133 | — | — | — | $77K |
| 2021 | $64 | $1,017 | — | — | — | $77K |
| 2020 | $400 | $791 | — | — | — | $78K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,000 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bernard Ross (vice-president/director); Jeffery Ross (vice-president/director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sam and Ida Ross Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891414997RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.