Taggart Parkes Foundation
Private foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 836009514RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($942,670) as filed with the CRA.
Taggart Parkes Foundation is a private foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $388K in revenue and $943K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $50K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 33 qualified donees totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $255K to Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $388K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Maintain a fund to apply part of the principal and income there from to other registered charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $388K | $943K | — | — | $880K | $292K |
| 2023 | $958K | $737K | — | — | $579K | $846K |
| 2022 | $157K | $1.1M | — | — | $1.1M | $626K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $852K | — | — | $627K | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1M | — | — | $782K | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 33 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa$255K
- Christie Lake Kids$215K
- Shepherds of Good Hope$125K
- Ottawa Riverkeeper Inc.$64K
- Bruyère Health Foundation$50K
- Rideau Waterway Land Trust$40K
- Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa Charitable Foundation$30K
- Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre/centre de Traitement pour Jeunes Dave Smith$30K
- Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation$25K
- The Ottawa Mission Foundation$25K
- Linden Housing CO-Op$25K
- Kingston Youth Shelter Project Incorporated$25K
- Kemptville District Hospital Foundation$25K
- Cornerstone Housing For Women$25K
- Children's Aid Foundation of Ottawa$25K
- Ronald McDonald House Canada / Maison Ronald McDonald Canada$20K
- Serenity Renewal for Families$15K
- The Ottawa Food Bank/la Banque d'Alimentation d'Ottawa$10K
- Hospice Care Ottawa$8,500
- Hospice Care Ottawa$6,000
- The Perth and District Community Foundation$5,000
- Parkdale Food Centre$5,000
- Bereaved Families of Ontario$5,000
- ST Lawrence Youth Association$3,500
- Partners in Mission Food Bank$2,500
Received $50K from 1 charity:
- WCPD Foundation$50K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Parkes (director); Christopher Taggart (director); James Taggart.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Taggart Parkes Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 836009514RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.