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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$2,538,615
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 $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.