Ventum Donor-Advised Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 721656122RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($159,174) as filed with the CRA.
Ventum Donor-Advised Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $34K in revenue and $159K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from donations.
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 5 qualified donees totalling $155K in 2024, the largest being $76K to Focus Humanitarian Assistance Canada - Focus Assistance Humanitaire Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $263K in 2020 to $34K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The charity continues to hold publicly traded equity shares received in prior years and current year. A portion of the shares were sold in 2024.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $34K | $159K | — | — | $155K | $259K |
| 2023 | $151K | $365K | — | — | $176K | $361K |
| 2022 | -$44K | $275K | — | — | $138K | $374K |
| 2021 | $275K | $23K | — | — | $8,960 | $491K |
| 2020 | $263K | $3,607 | — | — | — | $276K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$25,000
- Other income$8,464
- Investment income$66
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 $155K to 5 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Cusson (director); David Dorrity (director); Andre Poles (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ventum Donor-Advised Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 721656122RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.