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The Barron Cowan Foundation

The Barron Cowan Foundation is a Canadian private foundation based in Peterborough, Ontario. It reported gifts to qualified donees in each of the last five reporting years, averaging about $126,000 a year, mostly to community development, religious and health organizations in Ontario.

Giving: $100K to $1M a year

Facts

• Reported gifts to qualified donees in each of the last five reporting years, averaging about $126,000 a year. The most recent was 2023, at about $180,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Reported 57 gifts in total. The typical gift (median) was about $8,000 and the largest was about $100,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Gave to 19 different organizations. The largest recipients by dollars included HALIBURTON, KAWARTHA, PINE RIDGE DISTRICT HEALTH UNIT HEALTHPROMOTION AND PROTECTION FUND, Kawartha Land Trust and PETERBOROUGH GREEN-UP ASSOCIATION.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went mostly to community development (29%), religious (19%) and health (16%) organizations, based on each recipient's registered charity category.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went to recipients in Ontario (100%).CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Describes its charitable programs in its CRA return as: “IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS MANDATE, THE ORGANIZATION HAS MAINTAINED AN ENDOWMENT FUND, THE INCOME FROM WHICH HAS BEEN USED TO SUPPORT ITS ONGOING CHARITABLE PURPOSES VIA GIFTS TO OTHER CHARITIES DURING THE YEAR.”CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31

Sources

CRA T3010 charity information returns. Last updated 2025-01-31.

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