The Tom and Ruth Kritsch Family Foundation
Private foundation · Thornbury, Ontario · BN 849422522RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($137,885) as filed with the CRA.
The Tom and Ruth Kritsch Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Thornbury, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $99K in revenue and $138K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $134K in 2024, the largest being $85K to Canadian Institute for Advancements in Mental Health. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The directors of the charity researched grant opportunities and the foundation made a donation to the schizophrenia society of canada including local hospitals. The mandate of the foundation is to donate to registered charities that deal with major mental illness and addictions including schizophrenia.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $99K | $138K | — | — | $134K | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $113K | $154K | — | — | $151K | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $67K | $119K | — | — | $117K | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $640K | $125K | — | — | $120K | $1.3M |
| 2020 | -$52K | $109K | — | — | $104K | $788K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $134K to 19 qualified donees:
- Canadian Institute for Advancements in Mental Health$85K
- University of Ottawa$10K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$5,000
- Beaver Valley Outreach$5,000
- Meaford Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Sinai Health Foundation$3,000
- Covenant House$2,500
- Residential Hospice of Grey-Bruce Inc.$2,500
- Brightshores Health System Owen Sound Foundation$2,500
- Collingwood General & Marine Hospital Foundation$2,500
- Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy Inc.$2,000
- Hanover and District Hospital Foundation$2,000
- John Howard Society of Ontario$2,000
- Cuso International$1,000
- The Ontario Educational Communications Authority$1,000
- House of Compassion of Toronto$1,000
- Scott Mission$1,000
- London Health Sciences Foundation$1,000
- Royal Canadian Legion$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tom Kritsch (chairperson); Paul Curley (secretary/treasurer); Peter Heinke (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Tom and Ruth Kritsch Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 849422522RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.