The Samuel Family Foundation
Private foundation · Oakville, Ontario · BN 892892142RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,536,055) as filed with the CRA.
The Samuel Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Oakville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7.8M in revenue and $4.5M 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 62% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $4M in 2024, the largest being $937K to Belonging Forum. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.7M in 2020 to $7.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The samuel family foundation is a private foundation that provides gifts to various charitable organizations as determined by the directors.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.8M | $4.5M | $186K | — | $4M | $64M |
| 2023 | $5.6M | $6.8M | $204K | — | $6.1M | $60.7M |
| 2022 | -$4M | $789K | $227K | — | $201K | $61.9M |
| 2021 | $7.7M | $4M | $203K | — | $3.5M | $66.7M |
| 2020 | $4.7M | $3.2M | $299K | — | $2.6M | $63M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4M to 15 qualified donees:
- Belonging Forum$937K
- Special Olympics Canada$500K
- McMaster University$375K
- Misapawistik Cree Nation$265K
- PIH Partners In Health Canada$250K
- Human Rights Watch Canada$250K
- Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement$225K
- University of North Carolina$210K
- Volunteer Canada - Benevoles Canada$200K
- HelpAge Canada$150K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$150K
- Taking It Global Youth Association$150K
- Vancouver Island University$130K
- Right To Food$100K
- The Stop Community Food Centre$75K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$252K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Samuel (vice president); Kimberley Samuel (president); Sarah McNamara (secretary & treasurer); Emma Samuel (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Samuel Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892892142RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.