The Farmer Family Foundation
Private foundation · Newmarket, Ontario · BN 703996694RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($698,851) as filed with the CRA.
The Farmer Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Newmarket, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $699K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $650K in 2024, the largest being $200K to University of Waterloo. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The purposes of the foundation are: (a) to receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1(1) of the income tax act (canada); and (b) to undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above charitable purpose.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $699K | — | — | $650K | $11.2M |
| 2023 | $645K | $194K | — | — | $13K | $10.8M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $666K | — | — | $505K | $10.3M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $803K | — | — | $727K | $9.8M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $547K | — | — | $488K | $9.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $650K to 14 qualified donees:
- University of Waterloo$200K
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$100K
- Pickering College$80K
- UHN Foundation$50K
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$50K
- Newmarket Food Pantry$50K
- Southlake Health Foundation$50K
- Newmarket African Caribbean Canadian Association$26K
- Inn From the Cold Inc.$15K
- Innovativecommunities.org Foundation$15K
- ST. Andrew's College Foundation$10K
- Kidney Cancer Canada Association / Association Canadienne du cancer du rein$2,005
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$1,030
- Water Ambassadors Canada$400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Beric Farmer (trustee); Diane Farmer (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Farmer Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 703996694RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.