Friedrich Schiller Foundation for German-Canadian Culture
Public foundation · Bolton, Ontario · BN 118932268RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($30,723) as filed with the CRA.
Friedrich Schiller Foundation for German-Canadian Culture is a public foundation based in Bolton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $18K in revenue and $31K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $15K in 2024, the largest being $8,000 to German Canadian Remembrance Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $10K in 2020 to $18K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Support of Studies Publications and Memorials relating to German-Canadian Heritage and Culture
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18K | $31K | — | — | $17K | $454K |
| 2023 | $9,303 | $20K | — | — | $6,500 | $440K |
| 2022 | $7,694 | $21K | — | — | $8,500 | $428K |
| 2021 | $6,744 | $22K | — | — | $11K | $427K |
| 2020 | $10K | $27K | — | — | $16K | $395K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $15K to 6 qualified donees:
- German Canadian Remembrance Society$8,000
- German-Canadian Historical Association$3,500
- Friedrich Schiller Schule Inc$1,000
- Victoria German School Society$1,000
- Saskatchewan Organization for Heritage Languages Inc$1,000
- Fondation pour l'éducation allemande Hilfsfond$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Myka Burke (director); Ernst Friedel (director); Hartmut Froeschle (director / vice-chair); Gerhard Meinzer (director); Lothar Zimmermann (director / chair / pres); Thomas Drung (director); Susanne Kallweit (director / secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friedrich Schiller Foundation for German-Canadian Culture’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118932268RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.