Wilf and Jean Bell Foundation
Private foundation · London, Ontario · BN 891005944RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($218,053) as filed with the CRA.
Wilf and Jean Bell Foundation is a private foundation based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $629K in revenue and $218K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $145K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Victorian Order of Nurses Middlesex-Elgin Community Corporation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $213K in 2020 to $629K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Provides funding to qualified donees in the area of health care and social services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $629K | $218K | — | — | $145K | $3M |
| 2023 | $2,724 | $172K | — | — | $108K | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $778K | $181K | — | — | $114K | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $102K | $168K | — | — | $130K | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $213K | $131K | — | — | $101K | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $145K to 12 qualified donees:
- Victorian Order of Nurses Middlesex-Elgin Community Corporation$50K
- London Health Sciences Foundation$20K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$9,969
- ST. Joseph's Healthcare Foundation Hamilton$9,969
- Merrymount Foundation Inc$9,969
- The Crochet Club of London$6,413
- Make-A-Wish Foundation of Canada$6,413
- Jennifer Ashleigh Children's Charity$6,413
- Hope Air$6,413
- Independent Living Centre London and Area$6,413
- The Sunshine Foundation of Canada$6,413
- St.Joseph's - Hospice of London$6,413
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Raymond James Trust (canada).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wilf and Jean Bell Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891005944RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.