The Highwater Foundation
Private foundation · Beaconsfield, Quebec · BN 843678301RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($117,605) as filed with the CRA.
The Highwater Foundation is a private foundation based in Beaconsfield, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $284K in revenue and $118K in expenditures.
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 33 qualified donees totalling $92K in 2024, the largest being $15K to Fighting Blindness Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $181K in 2020 to $284K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The foundation was created novemeber 30 2011 it supports registered canadian charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $284K | $118K | — | — | $92K | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $165K | $128K | — | — | $104K | $2M |
| 2022 | — | $129K | — | — | $103K | — |
| 2021 | $288K | $137K | — | — | $110K | — |
| 2020 | $181K | $141K | — | — | $117K | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $92K to 33 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Fighting Blindness Canada$15K
- Teresa Dellar Palliative Care Residence Foundation Inc.$7,500
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$6,500
- La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/The Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation$5,500
- Pancreatic Cancer Canada / Cancer du Pancreas Canada$5,000
- Batshaw Youth and Family Centres Foundation$5,000
- Concordia University-Universite Concordia$5,000
- The Cedars Cancer Foundation at the McGill University Health Centre$4,000
- The Montreal General Hospital Foundation$4,000
- Fondation MOSD/MOSD foundation$3,520
- St. Mary's Hospital Foundation$3,500
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$3,000
- Fondation québécoise des Vétérans/Quebec Veterans Foundation$2,500
- Trafalgar Ross Foundation Fondation Trafalgar Ross$2,000
- Golf Canada$2,000
- Santropol roulant inc./ Santropol On Wheels Inc.$1,500
- Mission Bon Accueil / Welcome Hall Mission$1,500
- Centaur Foundation for the Performing Arts$1,500
- West-island community shares$1,250
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$1,000
- Atwater Library and Computer Centre$1,000
- Tyndale ST Georges$1,000
- Auberge Madeleine$1,000
- Le Bon Dieu dans la Rue Organisation pour Jeunes Adultes$1,000
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Stephen Hurlburt (director); Kristine Hurlburt (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Highwater Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 843678301RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.