Arno Family Foundation
Private foundation · Manotick, Ontario · BN 736873878RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($285,794) as filed with the CRA.
Arno Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Manotick, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $405K in revenue and $286K 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 25% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $203K in 2024, the largest being $30K to University of Ottawa. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2021 to $405K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is to receive funds to distribute to various charitable organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $405K | $286K | — | — | $203K | $7.8M |
| 2023 | $414K | $226K | — | — | $165K | $7.6M |
| 2022 | $5.9M | $91K | — | — | $70K | $7.4M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $36K | — | — | $35K | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $203K to 16 qualified donees:
- University of Ottawa$30K
- Nova Scotia College of Art and Design$25K
- Covenant House Toronto$18K
- Interval House of Ottawa-Maison Interval d'Ottawa$18K
- Kanata Food Cupboard$18K
- The Ottawa Mission$18K
- The Ottawa Food Bank/la Banque d'Alimentation d'Ottawa$18K
- The Ottawa Hospital Foundation/la Fondation de l'Hopital d'Ottawa$18K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- Epilepsy Canada$10K
- First Book/le Premier Livre$5,000
- Ottawa Humane Society$5,000
- Rainbow Railroad$5,000
- Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind$5,000
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation$1,000
- Muscular Dystrophy Canada / Dystrophie musculaire Canada$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Arno (trustee); Mara Taracievicz Arno (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Arno Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 736873878RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.