Woco Foundation
Private foundation · London, Ontario · BN 868663220RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,480,148) as filed with the CRA.
Woco Foundation is a private foundation based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 36 qualified donees totalling $2.5M in 2024, the largest being $2M to The University of Western Ontario. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation grants charitable donations to registered charities for support in the areas of education and research in universities and colleges health community services for the charitable sector and places of religious worship. The foundation provides and develops ongoing assessments of potentially qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.5M | $12K | — | $2.5M | $212K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.6M | $12K | — | $1.6M | $275K |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $2.5M | $11K | — | $2.4M | $474K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $4,290 | — | $1.4M | $136K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $8,633 | — | $1.4M | $142K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.5M to 36 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The University of Western Ontario$2M
- Boys' & Girls' Club of London Foundation$40K
- Merrymount Children's Centre$30K
- Regina Senior Citizens Centre Inc$20K
- Museum London$20K
- London Fanshawe Symphonic Chorus$20K
- London Abused Women's Centre$20K
- London and Area Food Bank Inc$20K
- Gordon Jeffery Music Foundation$20K
- Covenant House Toronto$20K
- Canadian Opera Company$20K
- BGC Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton and Area Society$20K
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Saskatoon$20K
- Trellis Foundation for Community Impact$20K
- Regina & District Food Bank Inc.$10K
- Moose Jaw and District Food Bank Inc.$10K
- Meals on Wheels London$10K
- London Fanshawe Symphonic Chorus$10K
- Edmonton Gleaners Association$10K
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$10K
- Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust$10K
- Faith Food Bank Society$10K
- March of Dimes Canada$10K
- London Community Dental Alliance$10K
- The Catholic College of Regina Campion College$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bernard Wolfe (president); Deanna Wolfe (vice president); Elene Wolfe (secretary/treasurer); Dwight Monea (2nd vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Woco Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868663220RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.