The Voortman Foundation
Private foundation · Grimsby, Ontario · BN 885922518RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($32,826,816) as filed with the CRA.
The Voortman Foundation is a private foundation based in Grimsby, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $56.1M in revenue and $32.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $31.7M in 2024, the largest being $31.7M to Private Giving Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain a fund and to apply all or a part of the principal and income to charitable organizations that are registered charities under the income tax act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $56.1M | $32.8M | — | — | $31.7M | $296.8M |
| 2023 | $195.1M | $27.8M | — | — | $26.9M | $273.5M |
| 2022 | $14.9M | $28.5M | — | — | $27.9M | $106.1M |
| 2021 | $34.4M | $22.5M | — | — | $21.9M | $119.7M |
| 2020 | $42.5M | $20.6M | — | — | $20M | $107.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $31.7M to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$377K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ed Voortman (director); Garry Postma (director); Henry Vanderveen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Voortman Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885922518RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.