Canadian Nurses Foundation
Charitable organization · Nepean, Ontario · BN 129870713RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,391,674) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Nurses Foundation is a charitable organization based in Nepean, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from donations. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $489K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Providing financial support through the funding of research continuing education and study awards to canadian nurses for the advancement of nursing knowledge in support of enhanced patient care for all canadians. This includes funding designated for indigenous nursing education and research in partnership with other organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $462K | — | $203K | $6.1M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.6M | $529K | — | $287K | $5.6M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $536K | $176K | $54K | $5.4M |
| 2021 | $962K | $1.2M | — | — | — | $6.3M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $714K | $475K | — | $5.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $489K from 13 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$286K
- Weston Family Foundation$150K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$25K
- Toronto Foundation$11K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,620
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,150
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,505
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,247
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,485
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$1,096
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,052
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$230
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$477K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Claire Betker (claire); Kathleen Macmillan (director); Megan Wallace (director); Melanie Platt (treasurer); Becky Palmer (director); Michael Church (director); Lori Turik (director); Christopher McGarvey (ceo); Shelly Philip LaForest (director); Danielle Bourque Bearskin (director); Keirsten Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Nurses Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129870713RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.