The Dufresne Foundation Inc.
Private foundation · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 828127407RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($335,075) as filed with the CRA.
The Dufresne Foundation Inc. is a private foundation based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $704K in revenue and $335K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $530K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $335K in 2024, the largest being $200K to Health Sciences Centre Foundation Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $234K in 2020 to $704K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Donations are primarily to educational and healthcare programs in canada. All current recipients are registered charities. The foundation has only volunteers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $704K | $335K | — | — | $335K | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $145K | $394K | — | — | $393K | $2M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $498K | — | — | $498K | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $333K | $155K | — | — | $155K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $234K | $228K | — | — | $228K | $966K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $335K to 16 qualified donees:
- Health Sciences Centre Foundation Inc.$200K
- FIRST Robotics Canada$40K
- St. Boniface Hospital Foundation Inc.$25K
- Cancercare Manitoba Foundation Inc.$25K
- United Way of Winnipeg$16K
- Kenora Catholic District School Board$6,100
- Town of Radville$5,000
- Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada$5,000
- ST Paul's High School Inc.$5,000
- ST. Mary's Academy Foundation Inc.$3,000
- ST. Mary's Academy Inc.$1,050
- Movement Centre of Manitoba Inc.$1,000
- Alzheimer Society of Manitoba Inc.$1,000
- La Salle Nursery School Inc.$700
- The University of Manitoba$500
- The Winnipeg Foundation$500
Received $530K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Dufresne (president); Michael Linton (treasurer); Shaun Dufresne.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Dufresne Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 828127407RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.