The Douglas-Coldwell Foundation
Private foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118887561RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($674,768) as filed with the CRA.
The Douglas-Coldwell Foundation is a private foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $565K in revenue and $675K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $40K in 2020 to $565K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Scholarships and grants to beverlee bell scholarship in human rights & democracy at carleton university kalmen kaplansky scholarhsip in economics & social righst at carleton university and david lewis memorial prize in canadian politics at toronto university membership support for shareholder association for research and educa
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $565K | $675K | $489K | $112K | — | $558K |
| 2023 | $365K | $493K | $305K | $90K | — | $856K |
| 2022 | $444K | $402K | $157K | $125K | — | $982K |
| 2021 | $368K | $287K | $112K | $89K | — | $937K |
| 2020 | $40K | $43K | $43K | — | — | $856K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $13K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$287K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Irene Mathyssen (president); Brad Lavigne (vice president); Mohammad Akbar (secretary); Stephen Yardy (treasurer); Karl Belanger (past president); Rebecca Blaikie (director); Chris Gosse (director); Anne Scotton (director); Brittney Senger (director); Johnathan Weier (director); Melissa Bruno (vice president); Matthew Dube (director); Joshua Bizjak (ex-officio).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Douglas-Coldwell Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118887561RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.