The Biggar-Hedges Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 826865040RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($78,000) as filed with the CRA.
The Biggar-Hedges Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $43K in revenue and $78K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $78K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Women's College Hospital Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $254K in 2020 to $43K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Funding medical research in hospitals funding of foodbanks funding canadian universities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $43K | $78K | — | — | $78K | — |
| 2023 | $448K | $169K | — | — | $169K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | -$110K | $85K | $85K | — | $85K | — |
| 2021 | $595K | $57K | $57K | — | $57K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $254K | $70K | — | — | $70K | $671K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $78K to 3 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Hedges (director); Beverley Biggar (director); Brent Vickar (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Biggar-Hedges Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 826865040RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.