Arthur and Sandra Irving Foundation
Private foundation · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 806646303RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,887,207) as filed with the CRA.
Arthur and Sandra Irving Foundation is a private foundation based in Saint John, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $11.4M in revenue and $4.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $4.8M in 2024, the largest being $4.8M to Friends of Mass General Canada Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $579 in 2020 to $11.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or a part of the principal and income from time to time to charitable organizations that are also registered charities under the income tax act (canada).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.4M | $4.9M | $20K | — | $4.8M | $39.7M |
| 2023 | $27.2M | $5.3M | $147K | — | $5.2M | $33.3M |
| 2022 | $39K | $241K | $13K | — | $220K | $11.4M |
| 2021 | $12M | $502K | — | — | $500K | $11.6M |
| 2020 | $579 | $3,848 | — | — | — | $67K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4.8M to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandra Irving (director); Sarah Irving (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Arthur and Sandra Irving Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 806646303RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.