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.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, June 30, 2024
- Other income$70,052
- Receipted donations$50,796
- Investment income$17,085
- Other gifts$12,621
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 $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.