John & Bonnie Buhler Foundation Inc.
Private foundation · East ST Paul, Manitoba · BN 885326009RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,063,785) as filed with the CRA.
John & Bonnie Buhler Foundation Inc. is a private foundation based in East ST Paul, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $2.9M in 2024, the largest being $850K to The West Central Women's Resource Centre Inc.. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $3.7M in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $3.1M | — | — | $2.9M | $61.2M |
| 2023 | $5.9M | $3M | — | — | $2.9M | $62.2M |
| 2022 | $4.1M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.8M | $59.3M |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.5M | $57.1M |
| 2020 | $3.7M | $1.7M | — | — | $1.6M | $54.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.9M to 8 qualified donees:
- The West Central Women's Resource Centre Inc.$850K
- The Bruce and Anne Oake Memorial Foundation Inc.$640K
- Siloam Mission$600K
- Misericordia Health Centre Foundation Inc.$400K
- David Foster Foundation$240K
- Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Inc.$100K
- The Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba Inc.$25K
- Council for Business & Arts in Canada$11K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bonnie Buhler (director/president); Mark Gray (director); Ossama Abouzeid (director); Kathy Buhler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from John & Bonnie Buhler Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885326009RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.