The Bill and Margaret Fast Family Foundation Inc.
Private foundation · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 874233547RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($716,617) as filed with the CRA.
The Bill and Margaret Fast Family Foundation Inc. is a private foundation based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $763K in revenue and $717K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 74 qualified donees totalling $627K in 2022, the largest being $110K to Canadian Mennonite University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $394K in 2020 to $763K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation provided gifts to other qualified donees that carry out religious cultural and other charitable services and programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $763K | $717K | — | — | $711K | $61K |
| 2023 | $665K | $670K | — | — | $668K | $16K |
| 2022 | $620K | $630K | — | — | $627K | $20K |
| 2021 | $475K | $453K | — | — | $451K | $31K |
| 2020 | $394K | $383K | — | — | $376K | $9,431 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Granted $627K to 74 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Canadian Mennonite University$110K
- Lake Winnipeg Mission Camp Society (camp Arnes)$100K
- Ide International Development Enterprises Association Inc.$52K
- Friends of the Mennonite Centre in Ukraine Inc.$25K
- McIvor Avenue Mennonite Brethren Church$24K
- LCC International Fund Inc.$22K
- MB Biblical Seminary$20K
- Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute Inc.$19K
- Inner City Youth Alive Inc$15K
- Square One World Media Inc.$13K
- Opportunity International Canada/opportunité Internationale Canada$11K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$10K
- The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada/alliance Évangélique du Canada$10K
- Providence University College and Theological Seminary$10K
- Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada$10K
- Mully Children's Family Canada$10K
- Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba Inc.$10K
- International Christian Mission Services$10K
- Incarnation Ministries$10K
- Conrad Grebel University College$10K
- Teen Challenge of Central Canada Inc.$10K
- United Way of Winnipeg$7,000
- Hope International Development Agency$5,000
- Sim Canada$5,000
- Assiniboine Park$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Margaret Fast (director); William Fast (director); Lisa Loewen (director); Tamara Roehr (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bill and Margaret Fast Family Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874233547RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.