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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$382,519
- Investment income$198,654
- Receipted donations$500
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 $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.