The Dr. Frederick Mechner Barnard Scholarship Trust
Private foundation · London, Ontario · BN 837548304RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($161,279) as filed with the CRA.
The Dr. Frederick Mechner Barnard Scholarship Trust is a private foundation based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $235K in revenue and $161K 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 27% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $110K in 2024, the largest being $75K to The University of Western Ontario. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Advancing education by providing scholarship monies for the benefit of qualified university student candidates.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $235K | $161K | — | — | $110K | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $65K | $184K | — | — | $135K | $2M |
| 2022 | $143K | $186K | — | — | $135K | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $186K | $128K | — | — | $75K | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $191K | $155K | — | — | $105K | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $110K to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bmo Trust Company (trustee); Yvonne Patch (trustee); John Middlebro (trustee); Sally Vernon (trustee); Joshua Kotin (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Dr. Frederick Mechner Barnard Scholarship Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 837548304RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.