Brewer Foundation
Private foundation · Fredericton, New Brunswick · BN 841984057RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($228,741) as filed with the CRA.
Brewer Foundation is a private foundation based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.4M in revenue and $229K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $117K in 2024, the largest being $86K to Food Depot Alimentaire Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $247K in 2020 to $3.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Provision of scholarships to high school and university students in canada. Gifts to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $229K | $60K | — | $117K | $11.5M |
| 2023 | $541K | $225K | $72K | — | $90K | $8.4M |
| 2022 | $936K | $1.5M | $78K | — | $1.3M | $8.1M |
| 2021 | $289K | $218K | $59K | — | $96K | $8.6M |
| 2020 | $247K | $301K | $62K | — | $178K | $8.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $117K to 6 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$96K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Earl Brewer (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brewer Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 841984057RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.