De Fehr Foundation Inc.
Private foundation · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 118883792RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($530,540) as filed with the CRA.
De Fehr Foundation Inc. is a private foundation based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $441K in revenue and $531K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 32 qualified donees totalling $526K in 2024, the largest being $202K to LCC International Fund Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Cash donations are issued to qualified donees in support of local and international activities in fields such as education religion community health and social development.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $441K | $531K | — | — | $526K | $143K |
| 2023 | $467K | $647K | $7,000 | — | $632K | $232K |
| 2022 | $523K | $546K | $131K | — | $388K | $411K |
| 2021 | $1M | $849K | $198K | — | $630K | $434K |
| 2020 | $370K | $1.3M | $186K | — | $1.1M | $273K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $526K to 32 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- LCC International Fund Inc.$202K
- Goshen College$68K
- The Neuchatel Junior College Fund$50K
- Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada$30K
- London Business School$30K
- Mennonite World Conference Canada Inc$26K
- Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies$25K
- Ide International Development Enterprises Association Inc.$15K
- ORT Canada$10K
- Canadian Mennonite University$10K
- Lake Winnipeg Mission Camp Society (camp Arnes)$9,500
- United Way of Winnipeg$6,000
- The Leo Baeck Day School$5,000
- The Abraham Global Peace Initiative$5,000
- River East Church Inc.$5,000
- Mennonite Church Canada$5,000
- L'Arche Winnipeg Incorporated$4,560
- The Winnipeg Art Gallery$3,000
- Beit Rayim Synagogue$2,500
- The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Inc.$2,000
- Scholarship/Bursary for Indigenous Students in the Neuland Settlement Region of the Chaco of Paraguay (SBISNSRCP)$2,000
- École de théologie évangélique du Québec$2,000
- Amistad Canada$1,500
- Winnipeg Mennonite Elementary Schools Inc.$1,000
- Rossbrook House Inc.$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Arthur DeFehr (president/secretary); David DeFehr (vice-president); Leona DeFehr (director); Darren Stevenson (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from De Fehr Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118883792RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.