Usher 1F Collaborative Canada
Public foundation · Kanata, Ontario · BN 716947502RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($140,293) as filed with the CRA.
Usher 1F Collaborative Canada is a public foundation based in Kanata, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $40K in revenue and $140K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $444.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $82K in 2024, the largest being $82K to University Health Network. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Usher 1F Collaborative Canada funds medical research to find a cure for the vision loss of Usher syndrome type 1F by providing grants to academic research labs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $40K | $140K | $55K | — | $82K | $61K |
| 2023 | $472K | $311K | $307K | — | — | $161K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $82K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $444 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melissa Chaikof (chair and director); Elliot Chaikof (vice chair and director); Sari Springer (secretary and director); Nicolas Forte (treasurer and director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Usher 1F Collaborative Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 716947502RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.