Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada
Private foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 869879445RR0001 · Research
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,020,574) as filed with the CRA.
Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada is a private foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under research. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 18 qualified donees totalling $735K in 2024, the largest being $200K to Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The charity maintains a database of medical schools and related research facilities in the fields of cardiology oncology and psychiatry and primarily in connection with the funding of student research assesses the bases under which these organizations endeavour to promote excellence in these areas. The mach-gaensslen foundation of canada is committed to the carrying-out the supporting and the promotion of medical research and projects in these above subject fields.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $1M | $17K | — | $850K | $15.1M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $842K | $17K | — | $681K | $14M |
| 2022 | -$2.1M | $1.2M | $20K | — | $1M | $12.7M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $8,073 | — | $1.1M | $15.1M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $8,073 | — | $1.1M | $15.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $735K to 18 qualified donees:
- Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health$200K
- Queen's University at Kingston$111K
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$28K
- University of Saskatchewan$28K
- University of Ottawa$28K
- The University of Western Ontario$28K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$28K
- The University of British Columbia$28K
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$28K
- Université Laval$28K
- Université de Montréal$28K
- Memorial University of Newfoundland$28K
- McMaster University$28K
- McGill University Health Centre$26K
- Universite de Sherbrooke$26K
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine University$25K
- Dalhousie University$25K
- Open Doors Mental Health for Children Youth & Families$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ian Arnold (vice-chair); Christopher Carruthers (chairman); Johanne Charbonneau (director); Katharine Gillis (director); Richard Hofer (secretary-treasurer); Branavan Manoranjan (director); Anthony Tatterfield (corporate secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869879445RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.