The Roel C. Buck Family Foundation Canada Inc.
Private foundation · Montréal, Quebec · BN 804956894RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,516,472) as filed with the CRA.
The Roel C. Buck Family Foundation Canada Inc. is a private foundation based in Montréal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $34K in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 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 8 qualified donees totalling $2.1M in 2024, the largest being $1.3M to Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $80K in 2020 to $34K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The mission of the foundation is to enable communities and nonprofit institutions to improve the quality and circumstances of life for present and future generations. It supports education science health and culture. The foundation educates family members in the values and practices of philantropy community service and stewardship and seeks to build a sense of community among ourselves and with the world we share.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $34K | $2.5M | — | — | $2.1M | — |
| 2023 | $101K | $226K | — | — | $208K | $1.9M |
| 2022 | -$110K | $219K | — | — | $200K | $2M |
| 2021 | $216K | $282K | — | — | $264K | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $80K | $134K | — | — | $117K | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.1M to 8 qualified donees:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1.3M
- The Rachel and Jason Schwartz Family Foundation$626K
- Facing History and Ourselves$205K
- The Museum of Jewish Montreal$5,112
- United Hatzalah Canada$1,800
- Federation Cja$1,800
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nancy Buck (director); Rachel Schwartz (president/secretary); Jason Schwartz (vice president/secretary); Maria Buck (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Roel C. Buck Family Foundation Canada Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 804956894RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.