The Perlin Family Trust
Private foundation · St.john's, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 887624898RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($255,835) as filed with the CRA.
The Perlin Family Trust is a private foundation based in St.john's, Newfoundland and Labrador, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $87K in revenue and $256K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $216K in 2024, the largest being $125K to The Vera Perlin Charitable Foundation Inc. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6,474 in 2020 to $87K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Ongoing support and services for the local charity sector through donations adn grants
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $87K | $256K | $20K | — | $216K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $70K | — | — | $61K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $6,782 | $5,944 | $1,250 | — | $2,450 | $89K |
| 2021 | $15K | $14K | $2,062 | — | $12K | $88K |
| 2020 | $6,474 | $5,365 | $865 | — | $4,500 | $88K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $216K to 5 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susan Gardiner (trustee); Brian Noseworthy (trustee); Amy Crosbie (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Perlin Family Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887624898RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.