The Walter J Blackburn Foundation
Private foundation · London, Ontario · BN 119262038RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($325,729) as filed with the CRA.
The Walter J Blackburn Foundation is a private foundation based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $915K in revenue and $326K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $255K in 2024, the largest being $48K to Harvest Outreach International Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $159K in 2020 to $915K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The foundation funds capital needs for charitable organizations in the fields of health care social services the arts education and the environment. Capital needs may include equipment building funds furnishings and technological needs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $915K | $326K | — | — | $255K | $6.9M |
| 2023 | $288K | $58K | — | — | — | $6.2M |
| 2022 | $621K | $260K | — | — | $205K | $5.9M |
| 2021 | $506K | $266K | $58K | $0 | $208K | $6.5M |
| 2020 | $159K | $222K | — | — | $168K | $5.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $255K to 15 qualified donees:
- Harvest Outreach International Inc.$48K
- London Humane Society$30K
- Windsor Cancer Centre Foundation$25K
- London and Area Food Bank Inc$25K
- Museum London$22K
- London Regional Children's Museum$20K
- Thames Talbot Land Trust$10K
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$10K
- Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre$10K
- Huron Hospice Volunteer Service$10K
- Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners$10K
- London and Middlesex Heritage Museum$9,600
- United Way / Centraide Windsor-Essex County$9,095
- Montessori Academy of London Inc.$8,801
- Pillar Nonprofit Network$7,401
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elizabeth Bennett (director); David Kirwin (director); Benjamin Legge (director); Sarah White (chair director); Andrea Wolf (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Walter J Blackburn Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119262038RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.