The Bierer Foundation
Private foundation · Windsor, Ontario · BN 886907997RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($839,422) as filed with the CRA.
The Bierer Foundation is a private foundation based in Windsor, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $839K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% 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 7 qualified donees totalling $726K in 2024, the largest being $650K to The Summit Centre for Preschool Children With Autism. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The objective of the bierer foundation is to collect and administer requests which are to fund various charitable activities including but not limited to the summit centre for preschool children with autism
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $839K | — | — | $726K | $21.4M |
| 2023 | $7M | $762K | — | — | $670K | $19.6M |
| 2022 | $899K | $638K | — | — | $550K | $12.5M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | — | — | — | — | $14.2M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $766K | — | — | $680K | $13.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$1,141,156
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $726K to 7 qualified donees:
- The Summit Centre for Preschool Children With Autism$650K
- First Lutheran Church$55K
- University of Windsor$10K
- Grace Lutheran Church$4,500
- Hospice of Windsor Essex$4,000
- Greater Essex County District School Board$1,300
- United Way / Centraide Windsor-Essex County$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas Bierer (president); Robert Bierer (director); Peter Wasylyk (treasurer); Elizabeth Musyj (secretary); Lisa Bierer (director); Joel Bierer (director); Anna Bierer (director); Colin Dodd (director); Steven Bierer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bierer Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886907997RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.