The Chalmers Foundation Inc.
Public foundation · Fredericton, New Brunswick · BN 119221794RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,603,803) as filed with the CRA.
The Chalmers Foundation Inc. is a public foundation based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.1M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from donations. In 2024, 30 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $573K in 2024, the largest being $573K to Regional Health Authority B/Régie régionale de la santé B. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.6M in 2020 to $5.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Fund raising during 2024 will provide funding for the dr. Everett chalmers regional hospital to purchase equipment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.1M | $1.6M | — | $790K | $573K | $16.1M |
| 2023 | $4M | $2.8M | — | $649K | $1.8M | $12.5M |
| 2022 | $3.5M | $2.4M | — | $593K | $1.5M | $11M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $1.9M | — | $627K | $968K | $10.6M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $1.6M | — | $452K | $914K | $9.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $573K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1.2M from 30 charities:
- The McCain Foundation$600K
- Canadahelps Canadon$125K
- Canadahelps Canadon$125K
- Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation Inc.$111K
- David and Elizabeth Wilson Family Foundation Inc.$50K
- Fondation Sandra Schmirler Foundation$30K
- The Greater Saint John Community Foundation la Fondation Communautaire de Grand Saint John$26K
- BenefAction Foundation$22K
- Aqueduct Foundation$21K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$20K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$17K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- Starlight Children's Foundation Canada$6,577
- Lockhart Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,950
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$3,334
- Definity Insurance Foundation$3,000
- Sussex Area Community Foundation Incorporated$2,000
- Canada Donates Inc.$1,568
- Brewer Foundation$1,500
- Fundy Community Foundation$1,500
- Forest Hill Pastoral Charge$1,000
- Island View Baptist Church$700
- United Way/Centraide (Central N.B./Region Du Centre du N.B.)Inc.$631
- Canada Gives$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$527K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephane Labrosse (ex-officio); David Arbeau (ex-officio); Charles Diab (secretary/ceo).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Chalmers Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119221794RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.