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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$32,916
- Other income$411
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.