The Garrett Family Foundation
Private foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 845073857RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($691,422) as filed with the CRA.
The Garrett Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $259K in revenue and $691K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $540K in 2024, the largest being $540K to Canadian Unicef Committee. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
During 2024 the charity furthered its charitable purpose of applying funds and income to 'qualified donees' by making a donation to various donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $259K | $691K | — | — | $540K | $880K |
| 2023 | $50K | $549K | — | — | $403K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $185K | $582K | — | — | $437K | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $849K | $371K | — | — | $228K | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $253K | $535K | — | — | $389K | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $540K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carey Garrett (director); Nancy Garrett (director); Ryan Garrett (director); Meaghan Garrett (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Garrett Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 845073857RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.