The Simpson Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Niagara-ON-The-Lake, Ontario · BN 869991638RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($324,509) as filed with the CRA.
The Simpson Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Niagara-ON-The-Lake, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $216K in revenue and $325K 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 54% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $250K in 2024, the largest being $250K to Wildwood Learning Centre. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $125K in 2020 to $216K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Trustees shall apply such portion of the net annual income or capital of the trust funs on charitable activities carried on by trustee and /or making donations to qualified donees as defined as defined by the income tax act ( canada) as amended from time to time provided such charitable activities or qualified are involved. In the research / treatment to autism pervasive development disorder the care housing/treatment of persons suffering from such disorder and /or their families the education of persons suffering from such disorder or the prevision of camp/social / and recreationa…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $216K | $325K | — | — | $290K | $5.8M |
| 2023 | $140K | $130K | — | — | $90K | $5.3M |
| 2022 | $320K | $33K | — | — | — | $5M |
| 2021 | $116K | $33K | — | — | — | $5.2M |
| 2020 | $125K | $286K | — | — | $250K | $4.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $250K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Laurie Simpson (director); David Johnson (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Simpson Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869991638RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.