Canadian Home Economics Foundation
Public foundation · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 889126066RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($66,507) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Home Economics Foundation is a public foundation based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $70K in revenue and $67K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $37K.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 76% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $53K in 2024, the largest being $8,000 to Canadian Home Economics Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $107K in 2020 to $70K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Chef provides grants to non-profit groups community and professional associations school dividions and first nations schools where home economists serve families by promoting information to the public and professionals on topics within their expertise. Topics include family financial management foods and nutrition consumerism family and clothing and textiles. This is done through media public education lectures and workshops. Chef also provides grants for university research plus assistance to undergraduates and graduate students related to the home economics profession with financial …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $70K | $67K | $5,030 | $2,731 | $54K | $695K |
| 2023 | $50K | $47K | $18K | $2,108 | $23K | $691K |
| 2022 | $48K | $41K | $17K | $2,663 | $18K | $688K |
| 2021 | $54K | $39K | $12K | $4,702 | $16K | $681K |
| 2020 | $107K | $58K | $49K | $3,882 | $31K | $665K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $53K to 19 qualified donees:
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$8,000
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$6,329
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$5,000
- University of Ottawa$5,000
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$4,625
- Tsuut'ina Nation Many Horses High School$3,500
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$3,000
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$3,000
- Soroptimist Nutrition Project$3,000
- The Calgary Board of Education$2,775
- Sombrilla International Developmental Society$2,255
- The Board of Trustees of Edmonton School Division$1,500
- Days for Girls Canada Society$1,250
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$1,000
- Waterloo Education Foundation Inc.$1,000
- The ST. James-Assiniboia School Division$900
- Peace River School Division No. 10$700
- Louis Riel School Division Trust Fund$530
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$100
Received $37K from 12 charities:
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$8,000
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$6,329
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$4,625
- Abundance Canada$4,000
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$3,000
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$3,000
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$1,000
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$1,000
- Toronto Foundation$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$432
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marlene Baskerville (exec - communications & dev); Donna Bulow (exec - chair); Julia Caisse (board - trustee (bilingual)); Eleanor Cassels (exec - donor coordinator); Joan Clement (exec - project coordinator); Jane Forest (board - trustee); Kim Kennett (board - trustee); Marlene McDonald (exec - communications & dev); Ruth McDonald (board - trustee); Sue McGregor (board - trustee); Arlene Skull (exec - secretary); Mary Gale Smith (board - trustee); Marie Slusar (board - trustee); Claudia Thierry (board - trustee (bilingual)).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Home Economics Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889126066RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.