The Helen C McDowell Frandsen Memorial Trust Fund
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 890977044RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($17,733) as filed with the CRA.
The Helen C McDowell Frandsen Memorial Trust Fund is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $33K in revenue and $18K in expenditures.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $12K in 2024, the largest being $12K to Dalhousie University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $18K in 2020 to $33K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Pay the net income to the governors of dalhousie university to award annual scholarships to a student or students from peninsular halifax entering dalhousie university.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $33K | $18K | — | — | $12K | $398K |
| 2023 | $29K | $18K | — | — | $13K | $374K |
| 2022 | $31K | $19K | — | — | $13K | $335K |
| 2021 | $33K | $28K | — | — | $24K | $391K |
| 2020 | $18K | $5,529 | — | — | — | $372K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scotiatrust.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Helen C McDowell Frandsen Memorial Trust Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890977044RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.