The Weir Foundation
Private foundation · Queenston, Ontario · BN 119290336RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($161,960) as filed with the CRA.
The Weir Foundation is a private foundation based in Queenston, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $423K in revenue and $162K 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 19% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $104K in 2024, the largest being $103K to Riverbrink Art Museum Inc. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $132K in 2020 to $423K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The weir foundation owns an art collection and the museum property of the riverbrink art museum. The foundation provides funding for the year-round operations of the riverbrink art museum which prepares the are collection and museum for public display and maintains the property in which the collection is kept. Viewing is available year-round to groups and private functions as requested.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $423K | $162K | — | — | $104K | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $185K | $167K | — | — | $105K | $2.6M |
| 2022 | -$126K | $245K | — | — | $182K | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $317K | $301K | — | — | $235K | $2.9M |
| 2020 | $132K | $315K | — | — | $212K | $2.9M |
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$420,486
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 $104K to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Michaelson (president); James Richardson (director); Rhona Wenger (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Weir Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119290336RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.