The Sahara Foundation
Private foundation · Greely, Ontario · BN 823033543RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($22,835) as filed with the CRA.
The Sahara Foundation is a private foundation based in Greely, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $18K in revenue and $23K 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 21% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $16K in 2024, the largest being $2,500 to The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $27K in 2020 to $18K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Feeds and clothes homeless and needy children provides specialized medical care for sick children
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18K | $23K | — | — | $16K | $320K |
| 2023 | $23K | $27K | — | — | $20K | $302K |
| 2022 | $18K | $22K | $350 | — | $14K | $296K |
| 2021 | $27K | $28K | — | — | $20K | $357K |
| 2020 | $27K | $22K | — | — | $14K | $339K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16K to 10 qualified donees:
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$2,500
- The Ottawa Food Bank/la Banque d'Alimentation d'Ottawa$2,500
- Ottawa Humane Society$2,500
- Cornerstone Housing For Women$2,500
- The Snowsuit Fund/Le fonds habineige$1,510
- The Ottawa Mission$1,000
- The Ottawa Hospital Foundation/la Fondation de l'Hopital d'Ottawa$1,000
- Care Centre Ottawa$1,000
- Cancer Research Society$1,000
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barry Freel (president); Wendell McConnell (treasurer); David Boulard (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sahara Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 823033543RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.