Turnbull Family Community Building Foundation
Private foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 815204995RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($286,601) as filed with the CRA.
Turnbull Family Community Building 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 $100K in revenue and $287K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $268K in 2024, the largest being $68K to United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $60K in 2020 to $100K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Donations to multiple canadian registered charities that support youth in underprivileged communities and other social programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $100K | $287K | $18K | — | $268K | $902K |
| 2023 | $138K | $197K | $15K | — | $182K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $124K | $254K | $16K | — | $239K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $64K | $176K | $16K | — | $160K | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $60K | $183K | $16K | — | $166K | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $268K to 16 qualified donees:
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$68K
- Help Lesotho$37K
- The Ottawa Art Gallery$30K
- Canadian Museum of Nature$25K
- The Royal Canadian Geographical Society$23K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$22K
- National Arts Centre Foundation/fondation Centre National des Arts$20K
- Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa Charitable Foundation$15K
- Cornerstone Housing For Women$15K
- The Ottawa Mission Foundation$10K
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD Canada)$2,000
- Ottawa Inner City Health Inc.$500
- The Rockcliffe Park Foundation$500
- First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada$300
- Stephen Lewis Foundation$150
- Ottawa Humane Society$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christopher Turnbull (president); David Turnbull (treasurer); Jennifer Turnbull (secretary); Mary Ann Turnbull (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Turnbull Family Community Building Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815204995RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.