Muriel McQueen Fergusson Foundation Inc.
Public foundation · Fredericton, New Brunswick · BN 132523028RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($436,640) as filed with the CRA.
Muriel McQueen Fergusson Foundation Inc. is a public foundation based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $570K in revenue and $437K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $49K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $225K in 2024, the largest being $218K to The University of New Brunswick. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Supporting grass roots efforts to fight familt violence issues. Supporting academic research into the causes and effects of family violence -in the home workplace and casual living
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $570K | $437K | $151K | $6,050 | $225K | $6M |
| 2023 | $352K | $543K | $246K | $38K | $222K | $5.2M |
| 2022 | $465K | $447K | $103K | $43K | $218K | $5.2M |
| 2021 | $340K | $393K | $104K | $34K | $224K | $5.8M |
| 2020 | $389K | $538K | $288K | $28K | $198K | $5.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, September 30, 2024
- Investment income$195,127
- Other income$17,674
- Receipted donations$13,314
- Other gifts$9,047
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 $225K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $49K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$154K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elaine Stairs (treasurer); Norma Dube (director); Noreen Bonnell (secretary); Jennifer Bennett (director); Clair Ripley (director); Sonja Perley (chair); Gregory Kealey (director); Angela Francoer (director); Carol Deschenes (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Muriel McQueen Fergusson Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132523028RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.