Patten Family Foundation Inc.
Private foundation · ST. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 832063663RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($263,524) as filed with the CRA.
Patten Family Foundation Inc. is a private foundation based in ST. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $256K in revenue and $264K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $188K in 2023, the largest being $30K to The Janeway Children's Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $112K in 2020 to $256K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The patten family members donate their funds through the family foundation to intended recipients such that the annualized amount donated can be easily tracked. The family as a whole are able to make decisions on whether to fund a charity or a cause on an annual basis through this medium. The distribution of the donations are determined by the board of directors during quarterly meetings
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $256K | $264K | — | — | $261K | -$4,553 |
| 2023 | $196K | $191K | — | — | $188K | $2,971 |
| 2022 | $233K | $235K | — | — | $232K | -$1,794 |
| 2021 | $127K | $131K | — | — | $127K | $376 |
| 2020 | $112K | $107K | — | — | $105K | $4,821 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $188K to 19 qualified donees:
- The Janeway Children's Hospital Foundation$30K
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada$25K
- Association for New Canadians$23K
- Single Parent Association of Newfoundland$20K
- Ikh Foundation Inc.$13K
- St. Kevin s Parish Inc.$13K
- RUAH Counselling Centre Inc.$10K
- Memorial University of Newfoundland$5,805
- Happy Valley-Goose Bay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$5,000
- Murphy Centre Inc.$5,000
- The Gathering Place Incorporated$5,000
- Persistence Theatre Company Inc.$5,000
- Alzheimer Society of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc$5,000
- Scouts Canada$5,000
- Canadian Mental Health Association Newfoundland Division$5,000
- The Agnes Pratt Home Foundation Inc$5,000
- O'Brien Farm Foundation Incorporated$5,000
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada/societe de Leucemie & Lymphome du Canada$2,500
- Newman Sound Men's Choir Inc.$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Robert Patten (treasurer); John Patten (secretary); Susan Patten (president).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Patten Family Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 832063663RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.