J.R. Armstrong Family Foundation
Private foundation · Oakville, Ontario · BN 839516960RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($48,763) as filed with the CRA.
J.R. Armstrong Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Oakville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $43K in revenue and $49K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $49K in 2024, the largest being $25K to University of New Brunswick. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Support of research in Chemistry and Physics at the University of New Brunswick via the David M Armstrong Doctoral Fellowship. Support of Health care related charities - Hospice Niagara. Support of the Georgian Bay Land Trust.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $43K | $49K | $0 | — | $49K | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $207K | $0 | — | — | $0 | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $40K | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $38K | $41K | — | — | $41K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $40K | $60K | — | — | $60K | $970K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $49K to 3 qualified donees:
- University of New Brunswick$25K
- Hospice Niagara$23K
- Georgian Bay Land Trust$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bruce Armstrong (chariman trustee); David Armstrong (vice chair trustee); Anne MacDonald (trustee); James Conley (treasurer trustee); Jeannine Bakeeff (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from J.R. Armstrong Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 839516960RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.