The Black Watch of Canada Foundation/ la Fondation Black Watch du Canada
Public foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 899357149RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($154,190) as filed with the CRA.
The Black Watch of Canada Foundation/ la Fondation Black Watch du Canada is a public foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $150K in revenue and $154K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $44K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5,000 in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to The Vimy Foundation/La Fondation Vimy. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
1 - the black watch (royal highland regiment) of canada associations and family division 2 - the black watch scottish arts society 3 - the black watch and other highland cadet corps 4 - the black watch museum and archives
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $150K | $154K | $132K | — | $5,000 | $426K |
| 2023 | $166K | $344K | $289K | — | $10K | $438K |
| 2022 | $128K | $188K | $139K | — | $10K | $615K |
| 2021 | $235K | $84K | $69K | — | $5,000 | $663K |
| 2020 | $140K | $123K | $99K | — | $5,000 | $556K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,000 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $44K from 11 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$11K
- St Andrew's Society Of Montreal Charitable Fund$4,000
- The Robert and Tatiana Ritchie Foundation$3,000
- The Chawkers foundation$2,500
- Vancouver Foundation$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,985
- The Hay Foundation/la Fondation Hay$1,000
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$650
- Oakville Community Foundation$350
- Institut économique de montréal$266
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Angus (secretary); Jonathan Birks (president); Bruce Bolton (director); Thomas Bourne (chairman); Brent Cowan (director); Leonard Ferndon (treasurer); Andrew Mackay (director); Charles Bierbrier (secretary); Michael Harris (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Black Watch of Canada Foundation/ la Fondation Black Watch du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899357149RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.