Hugh & Linda Brown Educational Foundation
Private foundation · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 803259837RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($230,966) as filed with the CRA.
Hugh & Linda Brown Educational Foundation is a private foundation based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $450K in revenue and $231K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% 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 81% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $185K in 2024, the largest being $60K to Nova Scotia Community College Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
BEF’s mission is to assist financially disadvantaged individuals in Atlantic Canada especially Nova Scotia obtain education and employment thereby enhancing their life outcome and society in general. BEF does not make grants directly to individuals but rather through recognized institutions organized to achieve this outcome.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $450K | $231K | $23K | — | $205K | $4.2M |
| 2023 | $496K | $214K | $22K | — | $190K | $4M |
| 2022 | $450K | $142K | $15K | — | $125K | $3.7M |
| 2021 | $759K | $107K | $94K | — | $94K | $3.4M |
| 2020 | $660K | $78K | — | — | $70K | $2.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $185K to 8 qualified donees:
- Nova Scotia Community College Foundation$60K
- Pathways to Education Canada/Passeport pour ma réussite Canada$40K
- Cumberland Health CARE Foundation$20K
- Holland College Foundation Inc.$15K
- New Brunswick Community College Foundation Inc.$15K
- Acadia University$15K
- Children's Aid Foundation of Nova Scotia$14K
- Community Foundation of Nova Scotia$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$26K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hugh Brown (president and treasurer); Stewart Michelle; Brown Sean; Lesley Brown.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hugh & Linda Brown Educational Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 803259837RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.