The Whitearn Foundation/la Fondation Whitearn
Private foundation · Ogden, Quebec · BN 894361393RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($532,048) as filed with the CRA.
The Whitearn Foundation/la Fondation Whitearn is a private foundation based in Ogden, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $778K in revenue and $532K 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 52% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $470K in 2024, the largest being $231K to Fondation du Centre universitaire de santé McGill McGill University Health Centre Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $108K in 2020 to $778K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Acquire property & use & apply the principal thereof & the income therefrom exclusively for development of ophtalmology the research & study of the diseases and disorders of the human and rehabilitation of persons suffering from such diseases and disorders of the eye.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $778K | $532K | — | — | $470K | $4.9M |
| 2023 | $337K | $236K | — | — | $174K | $4.6M |
| 2022 | -$99K | $208K | — | — | $150K | $4.5M |
| 2021 | $1M | $167K | — | — | $108K | $4.9M |
| 2020 | $108K | $102K | — | — | $45K | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $470K to 14 qualified donees:
- Fondation du Centre universitaire de santé McGill McGill University Health Centre Foundation$231K
- The Canadian National Institute For The Blind$50K
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$36K
- The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation$25K
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$25K
- ST Joseph's Health CARE Foundation of London$20K
- Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation$17K
- Canadian Ophthalmological Society Foundation/ Fondation de la Société canadienne d'ophtalmologie$15K
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$14K
- Balance for Blind Adults$10K
- Hope Air$10K
- Fondation Habilitas Habilitas Foundation$10K
- University Health Network Foundation$4,746
- Langley Community Health and Hospital Foundation$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Kathryn Hewitt (director); Susan Lindley (director); John Logan (treasurer); Michael Martin (chairmand and president); Karin Oliver (director); Nicole Robillard (director); Jane Wandell (vice-president/secretary).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Whitearn Foundation/la Fondation Whitearn’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894361393RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.