Fondation Sandra Schmirler Foundation
Public foundation · Orleans, Ontario · BN 871420410RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,505,871) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Sandra Schmirler Foundation is a public foundation based in Orleans, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from donations. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $55K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 31 qualified donees totalling $1M in 2024, the largest being $89K to ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $865K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Grants and gifts to hospitals and neonatal clinics across canada. Provide scholarships to junior curlers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $36K | $291K | $1M | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $39K | $254K | $1M | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $30K | $243K | $1M | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $81K | $217K | $954K | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $865K | $880K | $34K | $244K | $422K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1M to 31 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$89K
- Children's Health Foundation$80K
- Calgary Health Foundation$70K
- The Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba Inc.$64K
- Covenant Foundation$57K
- Fraser Valley Health CARE Foundation$56K
- The Ottawa Hospital Foundation/la Fondation de l'Hopital d'Ottawa$45K
- Pembroke Regional Hospital Foundation$37K
- Neo Kids Foundation$37K
- Oakville Hospital Foundation$35K
- Hospitals of Regina Foundation Inc.$35K
- Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation$35K
- East Kootenay Foundation for Health$35K
- University Hospitals Foundation$33K
- The Chalmers Foundation Inc.$30K
- ST. Mary's Hospital Camrose Foundation$26K
- BC Women's Health Foundation$22K
- Sickkids Charitable Giving Fund$20K
- Red Deer Regional Health Foundation$20K
- Northern Lights Regional Health Foundation$20K
- Niagara Health Foundation$20K
- Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation Inc.$20K
- Aberdeen Health Foundation Society$20K
- The Burin Peninsula Health Care Foundation Inc.$19K
- Stevenson Memorial Hospital Foundation$16K
Received $55K from 16 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$8,250
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,032
- BenefAction Foundation$829
- Vancouver Foundation$800
- Canada Gives$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$439
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$425
- Community Foundation of Medicine Hat and Southeastern Alberta$400
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$376
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$187
- Vancity Community Foundation$163
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$100
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kyle Barron (director); Ian Dunningham (director); Craig Duff (treasurer); Curtis Fairhurst (director); Kerry Galusha (director); Mark Lang (director); Nick Locke (vice chair); Bernadette McIntyre (past chair); Peter McKinley (director); Julie McMullin (director); Janet Murphy (chair); Derek Nighbor (director); Tara Popil (director); Lisa Weagle (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Sandra Schmirler Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871420410RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.