The Stonefields Foundation
Private foundation · Guelph, Ontario · BN 807868864RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,241,112) as filed with the CRA.
The Stonefields Foundation is a private foundation based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.3M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $100K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $2.1M in 2024, the largest being $2M to Musagetes Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Activity is restricted to receiving and managing funds for the exclusive purpose of making gifts 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 | $4.3M | $2.2M | — | — | $2.1M | $33.9M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $2.6M | — | — | $2.5M | $31.9M |
| 2022 | -$2.7M | $2.4M | — | — | $2.1M | $31.5M |
| 2021 | $3.9M | $2.2M | $6,000 | — | $1.9M | $36.5M |
| 2020 | $4.3M | $2.6M | — | — | $2.4M | $34.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.1M to 16 qualified donees:
- Musagetes Foundation$2M
- Rare Charitable Research Reserve$45K
- The Foundation of Guelph General Hospital$45K
- THEMUSEUM of Ideas Transcending Objects$10K
- Guelph Youth Music Centre$5,000
- Contact Photography Festival$5,000
- Eden Mills Writers' Festival$4,076
- The Walrus Foundation$2,500
- The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery$2,000
- Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences$1,000
- Loran Scholars Foundation$1,000
- Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides/fondation des Lions du Canada Chien-Guides$500
- La Leche League Canada$500
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$500
- The New Quarterly Literary Society Inc.$250
- Guelph Chamber of Commerce$126
Received $100K from 1 charity:
- Musagetes Foundation$100K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Barnstijn (director); Louise Maccallum (director); Douglas McMullen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Stonefields Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 807868864RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.