Trinity Development Foundation
Private foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 835343369RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($751,923) as filed with the CRA.
Trinity Development Foundation is a private foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $754K in revenue and $752K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $655K in 2024, the largest being $250K to The Ottawa Hospital Foundation/la Fondation de l'Hopital d'Ottawa. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $241K in 2020 to $754K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The charity was registered on november 28 2006. During the year the charity received donations totalling $753 748 and made charitable donations 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 | $754K | $752K | — | — | $655K | -$881 |
| 2023 | $1M | $1M | — | — | $915K | -$2,775 |
| 2022 | $575K | $578K | — | — | $485K | $618 |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $981K | — | — | $888K | $4,497 |
| 2020 | $241K | $193K | — | — | $100K | -$167K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $655K to 8 qualified donees:
- The Ottawa Hospital Foundation/la Fondation de l'Hopital d'Ottawa$250K
- National Arts Centre Foundation/fondation Centre National des Arts$250K
- OSEG Foundation$50K
- The Perley and Rideau Veterans' Health Centre$25K
- Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies$25K
- Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies$25K
- Toronto Music Experience$20K
- Kehilla Residential Programme$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$92K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Ruddy (director); Jennifer Ruddy (director); Nikola Ruddy (director); Sonya Ruddy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Trinity Development Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835343369RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.