WFG Charitable Trust
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 858758279RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($115,842) as filed with the CRA.
WFG Charitable Trust is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $96K in revenue and $116K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $116K in 2024, the largest being $44K to Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $328K in 2020 to $96K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The wfg charitable trust is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals and families in local and global communities. The wfg charitable trust raises money through individual and corporate donations to support charitable projects and to fund matching grants that can effectively double qualified contributions given by wfg canadian associates to canadian-based causes important to them.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $96K | $116K | — | — | $116K | $382K |
| 2023 | $99K | $174K | — | — | $174K | $402K |
| 2022 | $118K | $78K | — | — | $77K | $477K |
| 2021 | $106K | $153K | — | — | $152K | $436K |
| 2020 | $328K | $154K | — | $46K | $106K | $483K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $116K to 15 qualified donees:
- Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation$44K
- Strathcona Food Bank Association$12K
- Edmonton Gleaners Association$12K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- Trellis Society for Community Impact$9,140
- Okanagan Lifetime Networks Association$6,852
- Bridges of Hope International Network of Development Agencies Inc.$5,000
- RDL Building Hope Society$5,000
- All Is One Foundation$4,000
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de l'Universite d'Ottawa$2,305
- Jack Long Foundation for Community Development$1,600
- MS Canada SP Canada$1,100
- Shining Through Centre for Children With Autism$1,000
- Centre de Ressources Familiales Madawaska/victoria Family Resource Centre Inc.$140
- Valley SPCA La Vallée Inc.$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Real Michaud (trustee); Elizabeth Zetazate (trustee); Teresa Tang-Wong (trustee); Richard Williams (president); Todd Buchanan (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from WFG Charitable Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 858758279RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.