Canlat Foundation
Private foundation · Rockcliffe, Ontario · BN 851427831RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($54,901) as filed with the CRA.
Canlat Foundation is a private foundation based in Rockcliffe, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $52K in revenue and $55K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $27K in 2024, the largest being $7,000 to Canada-Ukraine Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Provides support for underprivileged children and impoverished adults in latvia. Charity receives and maintains funds and applies all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time for charitable purposes and/or qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $52K | $55K | $28K | — | $27K | $3,086 |
| 2023 | — | $9,000 | — | — | $9,000 | — |
| 2022 | $50K | $52K | $26K | — | $26K | $244 |
| 2021 | $42K | $46K | $24K | — | $22K | $2,073 |
| 2020 | $55K | $51K | $24K | — | $26K | $6,361 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $27K to 11 qualified donees:
- Canada-Ukraine Foundation$7,000
- Kristus Darzs Latvian Home$5,000
- Ronald McDonald House Canada / Maison Ronald McDonald Canada$5,000
- The Ottawa Food Bank/la Banque d'Alimentation d'Ottawa$2,000
- Ashbury College Foundation$1,500
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$1,000
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation$1,000
- The Ottawa Mission$1,000
- The Dementia Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County/La Sociétéde la démence d'Ottawa et du comte de Renfrew$1,000
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Canada Société Canadienne de la Sclérose Latérale Amyotrophique$1,000
- The Catholic Centre for Immigrants Ottawa Centre catholique pour immigrants - Ottawa$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Mierins (director); John Mierins (director); Jeffery Mierins (director); Peter Brauns (director); Renate Mierins (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canlat Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851427831RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.