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Black-led Philanthropic Endowment Fund

Program code
BGM12 (HRSD)
Core responsibility
Social Development
In Departmental Plans
2023-24 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The Black-led Philanthropic Endowment Fund (the Fund) ensures a long-term source of financial support for Black communities in Canada. The Fund receives income from investment income to fund Black-led, Black-focused, Black-serving organization across Canada. The Fund is managed by members of the Black community.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2022-23. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Black-led Philanthropic Endowment Fund 2022-23: $199MBlack-led Philanthropic Endowment Fund 2023-24: $0Black-led Philanthropic Endowment Fund 2024-25: $0Black-led Philanthropic Endowment Fund 2025-26: $0Black-led Philanthropic Endowment Fund 2026-27: $0Black-led Philanthropic Endowment Fund 2027-28: $0Black-led Philanthropic Endowment Fund 2028-29: $0Black-led Philanthropic Endowment Fund
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Black-led Philanthropic Endowment FundThis program2022-23 – 2028-29$199M

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

YearWhat changedSource
2023-24Planned spending $0, against $199M in 2022-23 (−100%).Latest Departmental Plan

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

Investment return (percentage)
Expected result: Investment returns sustain the endowment over time
4%2024-25✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2024-25≥ 6%20254%
The ROI of the fund in 2024-2025 was 4.04%. This rate is comparable to the return of the market during the same time period.
Not met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Investment return (percentage)
Expected result: Investment returns sustain the endowment over time
6%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 6%2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2022-23: $199M2022-232023-24: $02023-242024-25: $02024-252025-26: $02025-262026-27: $02026-272027-28: $02027-282028-29: $02028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2022-23—$199M
2023-24$0—
2024-25$0—
2025-26$0—
2026-27$0—
2027-28$0*—
2028-29$0*—

Employees (FTEs)

2022-23: 02022-232023-24: 02023-24: 02023-242024-25: 02024-25: 02024-252025-26: 02025-262026-27: 02026-272027-28: 02027-282028-29: 02028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2022-23—0
2023-2400
2024-2500
2025-260—
2026-270—
2027-280*—
2028-290*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Plan2023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29
2023-24 plan$0$0$0
2024-25 plan$0$0$0
2025-26 plan$0$0$0
2026-27 plan$0$0$0
Actual

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.