Turkstra Foundation
Private foundation · Ancaster, Ontario · BN 849346168RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($411,022) as filed with the CRA.
Turkstra Foundation is a private foundation based in Ancaster, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $94K in revenue and $411K 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 53% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $380K in 2024, the largest being $100K to True North Aid. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $43K in 2020 to $94K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the organization is to receive and maintain funds and to apply all or part of the principal income from time to time to charitable organizations that are also registered charities under the canadian 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 | $94K | $411K | $8,596 | — | $380K | $479K |
| 2023 | $46K | $301K | $10K | — | $270K | $795K |
| 2022 | $189K | $244K | $6,067 | — | $230K | $1M |
| 2021 | $183K | $171K | $158K | — | $158K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $43K | $111K | $100K | — | $100K | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$10,812
- Other income$7,750
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $380K to 6 qualified donees:
- True North Aid$100K
- Telling Tales$100K
- Unhcr Canada$100K
- Indspire$50K
- Water for People-Canada/de l'Eau pour Tous-Canada$20K
- Operation Smile Canada Foundation$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Turkstra (president); Ann Guthrie (secretary); Matthew Soar (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Turkstra Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 849346168RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.