The William and Nancy Turner Foundation/la Fondation William et Nancy Turner
Private foundation · Westmount, Quebec · BN 891426140RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($482,736) as filed with the CRA.
The William and Nancy Turner Foundation/la Fondation William et Nancy Turner is a private foundation based in Westmount, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $425K in revenue and $483K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 22 qualified donees totalling $449K in 2024, the largest being $84K to Carnegie Institution of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $243K in 2020 to $425K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The private foundation funded various organizations in education research healthcare religion and social outreach. These organizations carried on charitable activities consistent with the funding criteria of the foundation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $425K | $483K | — | — | $449K | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $275K | $411K | — | — | $382K | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $262K | $275K | — | — | $249K | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $181K | $249K | — | — | $231K | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $243K | $233K | — | — | $205K | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $449K to 22 qualified donees:
- Carnegie Institution of Canada$84K
- Fondation Habilitas Habilitas Foundation$30K
- Mission Bon Accueil / Welcome Hall Mission$25K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$25K
- Old Brewery Mission Foundation / Fondation Mission Old Brewery$25K
- The Canadian National Institute For The Blind$25K
- Jeunesse au Soleil / Sun Youth organization$20K
- International Justice Mission Canada / Mission Internationale de Justice-Canada$20K
- Le Bon Dieu dans la Rue Organisation pour Jeunes Adultes$20K
- Covenant House Toronto$20K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Montreal$20K
- Communauté Hadley Inc. Hadley Community Inc.$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- SPCA de la Montérégie (Société pour la prévention de la cruauté envers les animaux)$15K
- Auberge Madeleine$15K
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$15K
- Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care$10K
- La Maison Tangente Inc$10K
- Centre Communautaire Tyndale ST-Georges$10K
- Festival Musique de Chamber Montreal$10K
- La Fondation du refuge pour femmes Chez Doris Inc. Chez Doris Women's Shelter Foundation Inc.$10K
- Ami-Québec Allié.e.s en Santé Mentale / Ami-Québec Allies in Mental Health$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elvie Cates (secretary); Donna Jaslinska (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The William and Nancy Turner Foundation/la Fondation William et Nancy Turner’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891426140RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.