Canfel Foundation
Public foundation · Guelph, Ontario · BN 810063065RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($190,449) as filed with the CRA.
Canfel Foundation is a public foundation based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $11K in revenue and $190K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $179K in 2024, the largest being $20K to Okanagan Humane Society. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $28K in 2020 to $11K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Promotion of fair and humane treatment of animals through 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 | $11K | $190K | — | — | $179K | $41K |
| 2023 | $9,852 | $161K | — | — | $151K | $226K |
| 2022 | -$81K | $347K | — | — | $337K | $377K |
| 2021 | $132K | $312K | — | — | $306K | $804K |
| 2020 | $28K | $506K | — | — | $496K | $984K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $179K to 16 qualified donees:
- Okanagan Humane Society$20K
- Happy Valley-Goose Bay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$20K
- Gander and Area Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to an Imals$20K
- Baccalieu Trail SPCA Inc.$20K
- Beagle Paws Inc.$15K
- Veterinarians Without Borders/veterinaires Sans Frontieres$10K
- Southwest Coast SPCA Inc.$10K
- S.p.c.a. (moncton) Inc.$10K
- S H a I D Tree Shelter Society$10K
- Medicine Hat S P C a$10K
- Society for the Friends of Ferals$7,500
- Burin Peninsula S P C a$6,000
- Victoria County Animal Shelter Inc.$5,000
- Progressive Animal Welfare Services Inc.$5,000
- Northern Animal Rescue Inc.$5,000
- Campbell River Partners for Animal Welfare Society$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eleanor Dawson (chair); Barbara Dexter (treasurer); Lorna Ronald (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canfel Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 810063065RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.