Transportation Association of Canada Foundation
Private foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 892004805RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($176,955) as filed with the CRA.
Transportation Association of Canada Foundation is a private foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $151K in revenue and $177K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations, 40% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
The foundation’s mandate is to support the educational and research needs of the canadian transportation industry by providing scholarships to individuals attending universities colleges and trade schools supporting academic chairs in canadian educational institutions providing funding for transportation research and development at canadian academic institutions and by establishing a program of internships.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $151K | $177K | $83K | — | — | $272K |
| 2023 | $165K | $156K | $101K | — | — | $298K |
| 2022 | $142K | $136K | $85K | — | — | $289K |
| 2021 | $140K | $137K | $105K | — | — | $282K |
| 2020 | $125K | $119K | $86K | — | — | $279K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$23K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gerry Chaput (president); Ryan Essex (director); Keith Foster (director); Jean-François Gysel (executive director); Vimy Henderson (director); Scott Stewart (director); Jim Weir (vice president); Sarah Wells (director); Janelle Warren (director); David Hein (director); Keri-Ann Hobson (director); Mauricio Lopez (director); Frederic Pellerin (director); Fabian Briceno (director); Rebecca Farrugia.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Transportation Association of Canada Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892004805RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.