The Barber Family Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Coldwater, Ontario · BN 892621046RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($102,283) as filed with the CRA.
The Barber Family Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Coldwater, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $150K in revenue and $102K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% 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 20 qualified donees totalling $80K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Alzheimer Society of Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $485K in 2020 to $150K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
This foundation was created pursuant to the Will of the late Dr G Stuart Barber which directed the establishment of this foundation. The income from the foundation assets are to be disbursed among Canadian registered charitable organizations as its trustees see fit.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $150K | $102K | $3,916 | — | $80K | $3.8M |
| 2023 | $91K | $92K | $3,573 | — | $70K | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $66K | $93K | $5,598 | — | $70K | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $100K | $85K | $4,371 | — | $70K | $3.5M |
| 2020 | $485K | $133K | — | — | $68K | $3.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $80K to 20 qualified donees:
- Alzheimer Society of Canada$10K
- The Ottawa Mission Foundation$8,000
- Ecojustice Canada Society$8,000
- Charity Intelligence Canada$5,000
- Northern Magic Fund for International Development$5,000
- McPhail Memorial Baptist Church$5,000
- Human Rights Watch Canada$5,000
- Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific and United World Colleges (canada) Inc.$4,000
- Amnesty International Canadian Section (english Speaking)$4,000
- Young Life of Canada$3,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,000
- The Ottawa Hospital Foundation/la Fondation de l'Hopital d'Ottawa$3,000
- Stephen Lewis Foundation$2,905
- True North Aid$2,500
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada/societe de Leucemie & Lymphome du Canada$2,500
- Bruyère Health Foundation$2,500
- The Karen Learning and Education Opportunities Support Group$2,000
- Global Brigades Canada$1,595
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$1,500
- Telecare Distress Centres of Canada Inc.$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Jenkins (trustee); Graeme Barber (trustee); Candace Stirling (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Barber Family Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892621046RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.