Michelle McGowan Memorial Foundation
Private foundation · Barrie, Ontario · BN 817994866RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,687) as filed with the CRA.
Michelle McGowan Memorial Foundation is a private foundation based in Barrie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, it reported $1,760 in revenue and $17K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 3,278 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $17K in 2021, the largest being $5,000 to Seasons Centre.
In its own words
Provide funding to assist Canadian Registered Charitable Organizations whose focus is to relieve suffering provide comfort or need domestically and throughout the world; with particular emphasis on the needs of women. Continuing interest in support of palliative and hospice care.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $1,760 | $17K | — | — | $17K | $80 |
| 2020 | $2,716 | $5,498 | — | — | $5,200 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Granted $17K to 7 qualified donees:
- Seasons Centre$5,000
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$3,000
- Lifewater Canada$2,500
- Canadian Red Cross$2,000
- Elizabeth Fry Society of Simcoe County$2,000
- Niagara Christian Gleaners$1,500
- Burton Avenue United Church$600
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Michelle McGowan Memorial Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 817994866RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.