The Barbara Turnbull Foundation for Spinal Cord Research
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 886472562RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($49,918) as filed with the CRA.
The Barbara Turnbull Foundation for Spinal Cord Research is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2,976 in revenue and $50K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,033.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $45K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Brain Canada Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $5,978 in 2020 to $2,976 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation was founded to encourage the public to recognize and financially support internationally esteemed research being done in canada in the field of neurology particulary as it relates to the remediation of spinal cord injuries and has extended this domain to include acquired brain injury and concussion.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,976 | $50K | — | — | $45K | $62K |
| 2023 | $9,136 | $46K | — | — | $45K | $109K |
| 2022 | — | $45K | — | — | $45K | — |
| 2021 | — | $45K | — | — | $45K | — |
| 2020 | $5,978 | $35K | — | — | $35K | $153K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $45K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $3,033 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charles Tator (director); Gary Goldberg (director); Donna Turnbull (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Barbara Turnbull Foundation for Spinal Cord Research’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886472562RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.