The Colwyn and Jean Rich Foundation
Private foundation · Kirkland, Quebec · BN 105202758RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($321,263) as filed with the CRA.
The Colwyn and Jean Rich Foundation is a private foundation based in Kirkland, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $409K in revenue and $321K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $304K in 2024, the largest being $100K to The Foundation of Guelph General Hospital. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To make gifts and grants for the promotion of research and development for the creation of scholarships and for academic and vocational education for medical environmental religious cultural athletic and educational purposes and to establish develop oversee administer and contribute to charitable benevolent funds or educational institutions which are qualified donees and which make such gifts or advances to persons who merit them.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $409K | $321K | — | — | $310K | $7.3M |
| 2023 | $360K | $344K | $6,000 | — | $324K | $6.9M |
| 2022 | $365K | $307K | $6,000 | — | $286K | $6.8M |
| 2021 | $255K | $291K | $6,000 | — | $271K | $8M |
| 2020 | $305K | $255K | $28K | — | $216K | $6.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $304K to 16 qualified donees:
- The Foundation of Guelph General Hospital$100K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$62K
- University of Guelph$24K
- Cardiff University$16K
- Canadian Forces Central Fund$16K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$10K
- Guelph - Wellington Women in Crises$10K
- Chalmers Community Services Centre of the United Church of Canada$10K
- Spiritwind Christian Centre of Guelph$10K
- Guelph (M.O.G.) Welcome In Drop In Centre Corporation$10K
- Hope House Guelph$10K
- University of Manchester$8,000
- University of Nottingham$8,000
- Wilfrid Laurier University$8,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,000
- Muscular Dystrophy Canada / Dystrophie musculaire Canada$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Rich (president and director); Pauline Roberts (director); Jane Rich (director); Peter Rich (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Colwyn and Jean Rich Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 105202758RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.