The Backman Family (In Honour of Dr. Charlotte Whitehead Ross) Foundation
Private foundation · New Westminster, British Columbia · BN 842105280RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($13,576) as filed with the CRA.
The Backman Family (In Honour of Dr. Charlotte Whitehead Ross) Foundation is a private foundation based in New Westminster, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $81K in revenue and $14K in expenditures.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $821K in 2023, the largest being $821K to Mayo Clinic. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The objectives of the organization are: a) to fund and carry out activities and programs that are beneficial to the community as a whole in a way in which the law regards as charitable; b) to disburse funds to qualified donees; c) to receive gifts bequests trusts funds and property to hold invest develop manage administer distribute funds and property for the objects of the organization and for such other purposes and activites as are authorized for registered charities under the provisions of the canada corporation act; and d) to conduct any and all activities and exercise any…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $81K | $14K | — | — | $14K | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $448K | $821K | — | — | $821K | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $76K | — | — | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $67K | $368 | — | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $67K | $200 | — | — | $200 | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $821K to 1 qualified donee:
- Mayo Clinic$821K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrea Backman (president); Darrell Endresen (secretary & treasurer); Virginia Cooke (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Backman Family (In Honour of Dr. Charlotte Whitehead Ross) Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 842105280RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.