Buchan International Fund
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 841382286RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,411,629) as filed with the CRA.
Buchan International Fund is a private foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $976K in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $1.4M in 2024, the largest being $750K to UHN Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $310K in 2020 to $976K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To receive funds and contributions to maintain them and to provide gifts of capital and/or income to various qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $976K | $1.4M | — | — | $1.4M | $5.1M |
| 2023 | $516K | $949K | — | — | $934K | $5.6M |
| 2022 | $191K | $299K | — | — | $293K | $6M |
| 2021 | $270K | $245K | — | — | $240K | $6.1M |
| 2020 | $310K | $797K | $1,000 | — | $788K | $6.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.4M to 5 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tina Buchan (director); Jennifer Buchan (director); Fraser Buchan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Buchan International Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 841382286RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.