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.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, April 30, 2024
- Investment income$17,180
- Receipted donations$1,200
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.