The WB Family Foundation
Private foundation · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 869831032RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,355,813) as filed with the CRA.
The WB Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.9M in revenue and $4.4M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 36 qualified donees totalling $4.1M in 2024, the largest being $1.5M to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The wb family foundation provided funding to charities that supported the following areas: providing support to communities and funding for health and social services providing support and funding for education and the development of our youth conducting research in various areas of health sciences and providing support to individuals suffering from life altering diseases.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.9M | $4.4M | — | — | $4.1M | $24.6M |
| 2023 | $3.7M | $5.3M | — | — | $5M | $23.1M |
| 2022 | -$2.4M | $4.8M | — | — | $4.6M | $24.7M |
| 2021 | $4.8M | $3.9M | — | — | $3.7M | $31.9M |
| 2020 | $4.9M | $6.7M | — | — | $6.5M | $31M |
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$876,763
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 $4.1M to 36 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation$1.5M
- Breakthrough T1D Canada/Percée DT1 Canada$1M
- Oakville Hospital Foundation$600K
- ErinoakKids Centre for Treatment and Development$400K
- Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation$250K
- Child Development Institute Foundation$150K
- Brooksong Retreat and Cancer Support Centre$50K
- Royal ST. George's College$20K
- Power to Be Adventure Therapy Society$10K
- Makeway Charitable Society$10K
- Make-A-Wish Foundation of Canada$10K
- The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$10K
- Acclaim Health and Community CARE Services$10K
- Scott Mission$5,000
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$5,000
- The Kidney Foundation of Canada$5,000
- Supportive Initiative for Residents in the County of Haliburton (S I R C H )$5,000
- Sickkids Charitable Giving Fund$5,000
- Right to Play International$5,000
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$5,000
- Mississauga Italian Canadian Benevolent Association$5,000
- King Township Food Bank$5,000
- Kerr Street Community Services$5,000
- Community Living Oakville$5,000
- Alzheimer Society of Ontario$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
T. Robert Beamish (treasurer/secretary); Heather Beamish (president); Brian Beamish (director); David Beamish (director); Robert Magee (director); Graham Gow (director); J. Marilyn Beamish (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The WB Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869831032RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.