Wesley M Nicol Foundation
Private foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119262228RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($998,060) as filed with the CRA.
Wesley M Nicol 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 $1.7M in revenue and $998K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 36 qualified donees totalling $848K in 2024, the largest being $199K to Ottawa Community Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The wesley m nicol foundation donates to other canadian charities. Donations are typically distributed to charities in health care educaion and the arts with a focus on charities in the ottawa area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $998K | — | — | $848K | $29M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $715K | — | — | $561K | $26.3M |
| 2022 | -$2.8M | $9.3M | — | — | $9.2M | $24.4M |
| 2021 | $4M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.2M | $36.5M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $1.2M | — | — | $993K | $33.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $848K to 36 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Ottawa Community Foundation$199K
- Right To Food$100K
- Carleton University$48K
- Youturn - Youth Support Services$40K
- Parkdale Food Centre$40K
- Operation Come Home$35K
- Ottawa Riverkeeper Inc.$30K
- Parkinson Canada Inc.$25K
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$25K
- Municipality of the Township of Low$22K
- PAL Ottawa$20K
- OrKidstra - Sistema Ottawa$20K
- Music and Beyond Performing Arts$20K
- National Arts Centre Foundation/fondation Centre National des Arts$16K
- Indigenous Women's Support Centre$16K
- Osu Children's Library Fund$15K
- Multifaith Housing Initiative$15K
- Shepherds of Good Hope$15K
- Ecojustice Canada Society$15K
- Great Canadian Theatre Corporation$10K
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$10K
- Amnesty International Canadian Section (english Speaking)$10K
- CANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY/La Société pour la nature et les parcs du Canada$10K
- Canadian Centre for Child Protection Inc.$10K
- Acadia University$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cary McWhinnie (director treasurer); Bruce Nicol (director chairman president); Heather Nicol (director); Henry Schultz (director secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wesley M Nicol Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119262228RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.