Danbe Foundation Inc.
Private foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118881895RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,446,697) as filed with the CRA.
Danbe Foundation Inc. is a private foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $8.1M in revenue and $3.4M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 55 qualified donees totalling $2.8M in 2024, the largest being $914K to Jewish Federation of Ottawa. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Provides aid and support 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 | $8.1M | $3.4M | — | — | $2.8M | $73.5M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $3M | — | — | $2.3M | $68.9M |
| 2022 | $7.8M | $3M | — | — | $2.3M | $70.5M |
| 2021 | $13.6M | $3.3M | — | — | $2.6M | $65.7M |
| 2020 | -$4.2M | $3.1M | — | — | $2.5M | $55.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.8M to 55 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Jewish Federation of Ottawa$914K
- The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation$500K
- Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation$343K
- Torah Academy of Ottawa$137K
- Jewish Education Through Torah (jet)$126K
- Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre of Ottawa$78K
- Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada$70K
- Federation Cja$50K
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de l'Universite d'Ottawa$50K
- Carleton University$50K
- Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights$35K
- Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre/centre de Traitement pour Jeunes Dave Smith$25K
- Atlantic Salmon Federation (canada) / Federation du Saumon Atlantique (canada)$25K
- Unitarian House of Ottawa-Maison Unitarienne d'Ottawa$25K
- Ottawa Riverkeeper Inc.$25K
- The Ottawa Mission Foundation$25K
- Jewish Family Services of Ottawa$22K
- Ne'eman Foundation Canada$21K
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$20K
- DR. Peter AIDS Foundation$20K
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$20K
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation$20K
- University of Ottawa$17K
- Irving Greenberg Memorial Camp Fund$15K
- Support Our Troops$15K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$130K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Bennett (director-treasurer); Barbara Crook (director); Daniel Greenberg (director-president); Bram Bregman (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Danbe Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118881895RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.