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Canadian Private Foundations – Who had the largest total
expenditures?
By Mark Blumberg (December 11, 2012)
We recently reviewed the private foundations contained on the T3010 Registered Charity
Information Return for 2011. The database was prepared by the Charities Directorate of CRA in
September 2012 and covers about 81,000 charities (94% of Canadian registered charities) and
their 2011 T3010 returns.
In this case we looked at the approximately 500 private foundations on the database who had the
greatest total expenditures according to their T3010 filings.
Below we have created a table of 500 private foundations based on the amount they spent in
2011. We have also listed how much each of those foundations had in terms of assets in their
2011 fiscal year. Finally, we have included a column which sets out the amount percentage of
the total assets spent by the foundation in that year.
In terms of the percentage column keep in mind that some foundations are restricted in terms of
the ability to pay out the greater of income and their disbursement quota requirement of 3.5% of
certain assets. Other foundations may have given more in previous or subsequent years. Some
foundations have little ongoing assets and are largely flowing money through so the percentage
number would be quite high.
I have argued in the past that the disbursement quota of 3.5% should be increased. I am quite
pleasantly surprised to see the large number of private foundations exceeding any possible
disbursement quota obligations.
Please review my caveats at the end about the reliability and usage of T3010 information.
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Name of Canadian Private Foundation
Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
1. THE MASTERCARD FOUNDATION $86,462,252.00 $3,812,081,863.00 2.27%
2. Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon $65,827,000.00 $1,265,297,000.00 5.20%
3. RUNDLE COLLEGE SOCIETY $50,323,152.00 $14,737,775.00 341.46%
4. RBC FOUNDATION/RBC FONDATION $48,022,061.00 $41,248,687.00 116.42%
5. The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman
Family Foundation $34,703,746.00 $543,609.00 6383.95%
6. NORLIEN FOUNDATION $30,580,767.00 $90,527,271.00 33.78%
7. THE BUCKINGHAM CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $22,828,637.00 $360,769,019.00 6.33%
8. MOATFIELD FOUNDATION $22,036,860.00 $28,645,058.00 76.93%
9. Pure North S'Energy Foundation $21,411,006.00 $2,499,774.00 856.52%
10. THE J W MCCONNELL FAMILY
FOUNDATION/LA FONDATION DE FAMILLE
$18,818,586.00 $483,688,279.00 3.89%
11. THE SPROTT FOUNDATION $17,916,709.00 $112,117,472.00 15.98%
12. THE W. GARFIELD WESTON
FOUNDATION $17,627,269.00 $214,702,918.00 8.21%
13. LI KA SHING (CANADA) FOUNDATION $16,832,533.00 $683,413,232.00 2.46%
14. THE PETER AND MELANIE MUNK
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $14,515,708.00 $41,258,066.00 35.18%
15. RAYJO CHARITABLE TRUST $14,307,515.00 $1,884,316.00 759.29%
16. Canadian Tire Jumpstart
Charities/Oeuvre Bon Depart de Canadian Tire
$13,824,889.00 $4,234,954.00 326.45%
17. BRIDGEWAY FOUNDATION $13,820,950.00 $14,932,578.00 92.56%
18. THE FRIEDBERG CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $13,543,645.00 $12,905.00 104948.82%
19. DIAMOND FOUNDATION $12,274,993.00 $75,232,434.00 16.32%
20. THE TROTTIER FAMILY
FOUNDATION/LA FONDATION FAMILIALE TROTTIER
$12,136,406.00 $56,562,321.00 21.46%
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Name of Canadian Private Foundation
Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
21. THE IRVING OIL FOUNDATION $11,315,758.00 $116,590.00 9705.60%
22. SUNCOR ENERGY
FOUNDATION/FONDATION SUNCOR ENERGIE
$11,300,935.00 $13,429,652.00 84.15%
23. GWITMOC FOUNDATION $10,606,068.00 $12,233,895.00 86.69%
24. THE KAHANOFF FOUNDATION $10,582,033.00 $42,648,031.00 24.81%
25. THE DAVID HOFSTEDTER FAMILY
FOUNDATION $10,547,942.00 $1,798,076.00 586.62%
26. Fondation Marcelle et Jean Coutu $10,537,789.00 $297,472,711.00 3.54%
27. THE GERALD SCHWARTZ & HEATHER
REISMAN FOUNDATION $10,158,271.00 $112,983,439.00 8.99%
28. MICHAEL AND NANCY CZORNY
CHARITABLE TRUST $9,702,528.00 $6,016,379.00 161.27%
29. FONDATION J ARMAND
BOMBARDIER $9,628,312.00 $141,163,366.00 6.82%
30. CZORNY ALZHEIMER CENTRE
SOCIETY $9,265,849.00 $22,666,345.00 40.88%
31. L'AUTRE FOUNDATION $9,185,211.00
32. R. AND E. MUHLENFELD
FOUNDATION $8,986,659.00 $1,219.00 737215.67%
33. DJAVAD MOWAFAGHIAN
FOUNDATION $8,162,833.00 $96,374,741.00 8.47%
34. THE JIM PATTISON FOUNDATION $8,078,954.00 $95,871,884.00 8.43%
35.
CANADIAN CREDIT MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION / FONDATION
CANADIENNEDE LA GERANCE DU CREDIT
$7,618,985.00 $51,962,154.00 14.66%
36. LA FONDATION SACKLER/THE
SACKLER FOUNDATION $7,563,473.00 $75,438,793.00 10.03%
37. The Larry and Cookie Rossy family
Foundation - La Fondation familiale Larry et Cookie Rossy
$7,538,342.00 $180,396,381.00 4.18%
38. GALLOWAY FOUNDATION $7,457,337.00 $10,182.00 73240.39%
39. ALVIN SEGAL FAMILY FOUNDATION $7,175,909.00 $54,475,488.00 13.17%
40. THE ASPER FOUNDATION $7,091,575.00 $136,829,346.00 5.18%
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Name of Canadian Private Foundation
Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
41. OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE FOUNDATION (CANADA) INC.
$6,804,065.00 $4,428,468.00 153.64%
42. Centre de la petite enfance du
carrefour inc. $6,789,659.00 $6,492,693.00 104.57%
43. THE M.K. FOUNDATION/LA
FONDATION M.K. $6,783,061.00 $4,004,479.00 169.39%
44. FONDATION J.A. DESEVE $6,700,595.00 $200,756,934.00 3.34%
45. THE MAYTREE FOUNDATION $6,648,829.00 $1,412,858.00 470.59%
46. R. Howard Webster Foundation /
Fondation R. Howard Webster $6,562,013.00 $107,648,468.00 6.10%
47. THE KLEMKE FOUNDATION $6,377,495.00 $39,260,760.00 16.24%
48. JOHN VOLKEN FOUNDATION $6,284,981.00 $101,186,923.00 6.21%
49. MANITOBA HEALTH RESEARCH
COUNCIL $6,222,136.00 $7,004,459.00 88.83%
50. IMPERIAL OIL
FOUNDATION/FONDATION PETROLIERE IMPERIALE
$5,974,850.00 $76,920.00 7767.62%
51. THE EJLB FOUNDATION / LA
FONDATION EJLB $5,964,517.00 $106,648,789.00 5.59%
52. MILAN & MAUREEN ILICH
FOUNDATION $5,911,220.00
53.
Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation / Fondation de la
Famille Claudine et Stephen Bronfman
$5,905,527.00 $8,698,173.00 67.89%
54. THE S. SCHULICH FOUNDATION $5,806,572.00 $102,153,872.00 5.68%
55. FONDATION MOLSON $5,709,958.00 $147,663,198.00 3.87%
56. The Macdonald Stewart Foundation $5,580,352.00 $47,583,979.00 11.73%
57. H W SIEBENS CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $5,539,896.00 $3,645,750.00 151.95%
58. TELUS EMPLOYEES CHARITABLE
TRUST $5,522,911.00 $5,522,911.00 100.00%
59. THE GEORGE CEDRIC METCALF
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $5,421,599.00 $138,217,087.00 3.92%
60. The Chastell Foundation/La
fondation Chastell $5,383,184.00 $1,534,244.00 350.87%
61. Hudson's Bay Company Foundation $5,323,373.00 $12,319,661.00 43.21%
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Name of Canadian Private Foundation
Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
62. THE LAWSON FOUNDATION $5,317,069.00 $100,938,801.00 5.27%
63. NORTHERN YOUTH SERVICES INC. $5,316,642.00 $4,209,016.00 126.32%
64.
LA FONDATION RAYMOND ET BEVERLY SACKLER/THE RAYMOND
AND BEVERLY SACKLER FOUNDATION
$5,282,292.00 $1,812,628.00 291.42%
65. RICHARDSON FOUNDATION INC. /FONDATION RICHARDSON INC.
$5,189,217.00 $7,201,002.00 72.06%
66. THE SCHAD FOUNDATION $5,168,544.00 $70,130,164.00 7.37%
67. COLLEGE O'SULLIVAN DE MONTREAL
INC. $5,152,183.00 $4,509,903.00 114.24%
68. THE BUCHAN FAMILY FOUNDATION $5,088,343.00 $24,616,772.00 20.67%
69. DELOITTE & TOUCHE FOUNDATION CANADA/LA FONDATION SAMSON
BELAIR/ $4,905,183.00 $1,356,034.00 361.73%
70. THE DELPHINE FOUNDATION $4,873,791.00 $66,697,559.00 7.31%
71. THE KREMBIL FOUNDATION $4,846,160.00 $104,071,950.00 4.66%
72. DONNER CANADIAN FOUNDATION $4,728,002.00 $91,899,893.00 5.14%
73. THE JOSEPH LEBOVIC CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $4,662,886.00 $176,712,273.00 2.64%
74. JOHN & LORENA REDEKOP
FOUNDATION $4,629,053.00 $5,472,623.00 84.59%
75. CIBC Children's Foundation $4,435,834.00 $466,774.00 950.32%
76. THE BALSILLIE FAMILY FOUNDATION $4,323,716.00 $123,617,242.00 3.50%
77. F. K. MORROW FOUNDATION $4,297,283.00 $67,080,358.00 6.41%
78. THE SIXTY THREE FOUNDATION $4,244,457.00 $194,573.00 2181.42%
79. MURRAY MCKINNON FOUNDATION $4,135,200.00 $365,726.00 1130.68%
80. J.P. BICKELL FOUNDATION $4,108,341.00 $111,853,388.00 3.67%
81. DANBE FOUNDATION INC. $4,079,177.00 $42,279,354.00 9.65%
82. J and W Murphy Foundation $4,004,574.00 $19,290,662.00 20.76%
83. LOUIS BRIER JEWISH RESIDENCE
SOCIETY $3,977,830.00 $9,324,084.00 42.66%
84. THE WB FAMILY FOUNDATION $3,975,894.00 $47,885,445.00 8.30%
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Name of Canadian Private Foundation
Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
85. THE ROBERT HARDING FOUNDATION $3,957,470.00 $7,604,769.00 52.04%
86. MANOIR SAINT-JEAN BAPTISTE INC. $3,878,235.00 $3,145,060.00 123.31%
87. TULA FOUNDATION $3,857,746.00 $74,067,968.00 5.21%
88. THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION OF
CANADA $3,851,954.00 $53,415,832.00 7.21%
89. MLSE TEAM UP FOUNDATION $3,781,807.00 $1,482,314.00 255.13%
90. TD FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
FOUNDATION $3,746,087.00 $3,344,331.00 112.01%
91. KOERNER FOUNDATION $3,736,297.00 $40,622,339.00 9.20%
92. THE WEBER FOUNDATION $3,706,519.00 $11,834,654.00 31.32%
93. MOATFIELD FOUNDATION $3,696,669.00 $26,769,695.00 13.81%
94. MUNDAY-MAXWELL & GAYLENE-
ASSOCIATION $3,668,443.00 $17,317,415.00 21.18%
95. PATHY FAMILY
FOUNDATION/FONDATION DE LA FAMILLE PATHY
$3,636,300.00 $25,836,414.00 14.07%
96. AUDAIN FOUNDATION $3,592,785.00 $75,078,738.00 4.79%
97. MEHADURAS FRIEDMAN
FOUNDATION $3,578,144.00 $4,812,554.00 74.35%
98. WALTER AND DUNCAN GORDON
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $3,576,121.00 $50,367,724.00 7.10%
99. THE CATHERINE AND MAXWELL
MEIGHEN FOUNDATION $3,523,888.00 $96,332,572.00 3.66%
100. THE M A C AIDS FUND/LE FONDS
SIDA MAC $3,518,184.00 $3,233,436.00 108.81%
101. CENTRE DE RECHERCHE MEDICALE DE L'UNIVERSITE DE SHERBROOKE
$3,498,253.00 $25,168,181.00 13.90%
102. ABRAHAM AND MALKA GREEN
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $3,465,116.00 $28,414,598.00 12.19%
103. THE ATKINSON CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $3,463,205.00 $59,871,258.00 5.78%
104. RON JOYCE FOUNDATION $3,385,324.00 $42,467,754.00 7.97%
105. COLLEGE BART (1975) / BART
COLLEGE (1975) $3,371,267.00 $1,761,593.00 191.38%
106. THE SLAIGHT FAMILY FOUNDATION $3,370,225.00 $123,937,069.00 2.72%
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Name of Canadian Private Foundation
Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
107. RIDDELL FAMILY CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $3,349,371.00 $147,206,278.00 2.28%
108. DONALD BERMAN FOUNDATION $3,348,082.00 $18,187,470.00 18.41%
109. THE HOME DEPOT CANADA
FOUNDATION $3,332,201.00 $1,146,245.00 290.71%
110. HERZOG FAMILY TRUST $3,290,623.00 $11,080,859.00 29.70%
111. Fondation J-Louis Lévesque $3,245,820.00 $79,712,282.00 4.07%
112. IVEY FOUNDATION $3,204,303.00 $69,818,260.00 4.59%
113. THE CANWEST GLOBAL
FOUNDATION $3,184,435.00 $999,092.00 318.73%
114. THE CANADA SAFEWAY
FOUNDATION $3,144,184.00 $385,904.00 814.76%
115. THE KAY FAMILY CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $3,110,132.00 $2,879,669.00 108.00%
116. JOHN AND MYRNA DANIELS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$3,104,027.00 $462,159.00 671.64%
117. PETER & JOANNE BROWN
FOUNDATION $3,062,048.00 $588,061.00 520.70%
118. THE MORRISON FOUNDATION $3,061,024.00 $3,147,693.00 97.25%
119. THE SIMONS FOUNDATION $3,059,123.00 $1,639,475.00 186.59%
120. ORIOLE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $3,041,346.00 $74,657,530.00 4.07%
121. THE IRA GLUSKIN AND MAXINE
GRANOVSKY GLUSKIN CHARITABLE FOUN
$3,016,998.00 $13,325,172.00 22.64%
122. CARTHY FOUNDATION $3,007,725.00 $55,934,414.00 5.38%
123. THE PETER GILGAN FOUNDATION $3,006,137.00 $22,906.00 13123.80%
124. HERALD FOUNDATION $2,933,868.00
125.
THE BLEMA & ARNOLD STEINBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION/ LA
FONDATION DE LA FAMILLE BLEMA & ARNOLD STEINBERG
$2,921,879.00 $3,192,470.00 91.52%
126. SHERMAN FOUNDATION $2,912,070.00 $98,044,171.00 2.97%
127. MATAN BSAYSER FOUNDATION $2,898,844.00 $87,762.00 3303.07%
128. THE ROGERS FOUNDATION $2,886,223.00 $61,630,852.00 4.68%
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Name of Canadian Private Foundation
Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
129. JOHN M. & BERNICE PARROTT
FOUNDATION INC. $2,814,846.00 $75,001,794.00 3.75%
130. THE CARLO FIDANI FOUNDATION $2,804,903.00 $64,235,559.00 4.37%
131. MAX BELL FOUNDATION $2,786,725.00 $56,839,342.00 4.90%
132. LAIDLAW FOUNDATION $2,785,103.00 $53,310,204.00 5.22%
133. THE MUTTART FOUNDATION $2,769,089.00 $48,588,565.00 5.70%
134. BINAH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $2,655,839.00 $46,712,590.00 5.69%
135. PATRICK AND BARBARA KEENAN
FOUNDATION $2,627,575.00 $11,340,275.00 23.17%
136. THE EDMONTON LEARNING TRUST
FUND $2,625,452.00 $117,200.00 2240.15%
137. REIMER EXPRESS FOUNDATION INC. $2,579,431.00 $398,650.00 647.04%
138. J H H Foundation Fondation J H H $2,576,963.00
139. THE MAITLAND B. STEINKOPF
RESIDENCE $2,562,995.00 $943,612.00 271.62%
140. IBM CANADA LTD. IBM CANADA
LTEE. EMPLOYEE COMMUNITY FUND $2,554,012.00 $1,285,562.00 198.67%
141. MINTO FOUNDATION INC $2,533,527.00 $17,740,780.00 14.28%
142. Intact Foundation/Fondation Intact $2,490,355.00 $4,294,850.00 57.98%
143. THE FRIEDMAN FAMILY
FOUNDATION/LA FONDATION FAMILIALE FRIEDMAN
$2,489,442.00 $9,445,708.00 26.36%
144. LOUISE HAWLEY STONE CHARITABLE
TRUST $2,447,689.00 $50,892,264.00 4.81%
145. Q'WEMTSIN HEALTH SOCIETY $2,444,682.00 $3,029,935.00 80.68%
146. LESLIE & IRENE DUBE FOUNDATION
INC. $2,408,321.00 $14,171,196.00 16.99%
147. THE AVILA FOUNDATION $2,404,339.00
148. OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE RANCH
(SOUTHERN ALBERTA) LTD. $2,402,635.00 $14,459,382.00 16.62%
149. ANCHOR ACADEMY SOCIETY $2,401,809.00 $61,459.00 3907.99%
150. AUTISM SPEAKS CANADA $2,392,293.00 $2,470,631.00 96.83%
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Name of Canadian Private Foundation
Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
151. ISRAEL KOSCHITZKY FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$2,372,008.00 $42,793,736.00 5.54%
152. WORWIN FOUNDATION/
FONDATION WORWIN $2,354,980.00 $9,155,801.00 25.72%
153. THE GUSTAV LEVINSCHI
FOUNDATION/LA FONDATION GUSTAV LEVINSCHI
$2,330,332.00 $13,067,874.00 17.83%
154. INDIGO LOVE OF READING
FUND/FONDS INDIGO POUR L'AMOUR DE LA LECTURE
$2,315,441.00 $1,889,351.00 122.55%
155. DAAT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $2,298,263.00 $46,593,701.00 4.93%
156. CHARLES E FIPKE FOUNDATION $2,277,153.00 $929,492.00 244.99%
157. The Cole foundation/La Fondation
Cole $2,274,888.00 $32,558,105.00 6.99%
158. ECOLE ARMEN-QUEBEC DE L'UNION
GENERALE ARMENIENNE DE BIENFAISANCE
$2,269,187.00 $2,533,841.00 89.56%
159. THE CANADIAN JAFFARI MUSLIM
FOUNDATION $2,265,188.00 $6,393,781.00 35.43%
160.
MORRIS AND ROSALIND GOODMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION / FONDATION
DE LA FAMILLE MORRIS ET ROSALIND GOODMAN
$2,263,106.00 $56,651,541.00 3.99%
161. THE BULLER FOUNDATION INC. $2,230,127.00 $4,431,614.00 50.32%
162. ECOLE COMMERCIALE DU CAP INC. $2,226,996.00 $2,385,493.00 93.36%
163. BRIDGEPOINT HEALTH $2,224,024.00 $6,362,523.00 34.96%
164. THE PAUL AND LEA REICHMANN
FOUNDATION $2,220,030.00 $918,649.00 241.66%
165. Fondation Sibylla Hesse $2,215,037.00 $49,195,327.00 4.50%
166. THE KPMG FOUNDATION/LA
FONDATION KPMG $2,203,136.00 $31,372.00 7022.62%
167. OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE RANCH
(NORTHERN ALBERTA) LTD. $2,202,442.00 $24,731,193.00 8.91%
168. THE LEDER CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $2,177,934.00 $39,457,778.00 5.52%
169. SEACLIFF FOUNDATION $2,163,094.00 $18,768,936.00 11.52%
170. THE DIANNE AND IRVING KIPNES
FOUNDATION $2,158,171.00 $18,960,358.00 11.38%
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Name of Canadian Private Foundation
Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
171. HERON FAMILY FOUNDATION $2,148,719.00 $10,573,361.00 20.32%
172. MARY KORDYBAN FOUNDATION $2,140,449.00 $11,089.00 19302.45%
173. THE SOBEY FOUNDATION $2,134,664.00 $32,789,940.00 6.51%
174. THE WILSON FOUNDATION LA
FONDATION WILSON $2,115,217.00 $53,533,101.00 3.95%
175. Cenovus Employee Foundation $2,096,200.00 $8,493.00 24681.50%
176. ERIC T. WEBSTER FOUNDATION $2,082,679.00 $41,295,074.00 5.04%
177. INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
FUND/FONDS INDEPENDANT DE PRODUCTION
$2,078,822.00 $33,197,535.00 6.26%
178. THE PAUL ALBRECHTSEN
FOUNDATION INC. $2,070,976.00 $6,930,786.00 29.88%
179. FONDATION BAXTER & ALMA
RICARD/BAXTER & ALMA RICARD FOUNDATION
$2,067,808.00 $31,292,015.00 6.61%
180. THE NUSSIA AND ANDRE
AISENSTADT FOUNDATION $2,059,875.00 $427,184.00 482.20%
181. ROSENBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION /
FONDATION DE LA FAMILLE ROSENBERG
$2,047,499.00 $45,782,702.00 4.47%
182. DONALD R SOBEY FOUNDATION $2,014,163.00 $8,255,122.00 24.40%
183. ALBERT & TEMMY LATNER FAMILY
FOUNDATION $2,011,720.00 $26,074,377.00 7.72%
184. THE BURNS MEMORIAL TRUST $2,007,091.00 $43,404,974.00 4.62%
185. Fondation Eldee-Eldee Foundation $2,001,435.00 $17,177,109.00 11.65%
186. THE F&R HAUER CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $2,001,310.00 $516,425.00 387.53%
187. GIVE KIDS A CHANCE CHARITY INC. $2,000,827.00 $1,606,214.00 124.57%
188.
CANADIAN FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH/FONDATION
CANADIENNE DE RECHERCHE SUR LE SIDA
$1,979,263.00 $1,546,577.00 127.98%
189. ALL CHARITIES CAMPAIGN $1,978,249.00 $1,805,659.00 109.56%
190. WELCOME HOME SOCIETY $1,973,909.00 $2,935,540.00 67.24%
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Name of Canadian Private Foundation
Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
191. ONTARIO POWER GENERATION EMPLOYEES' AND PENSIONERS'
CHARITY TRUST FUND $1,973,512.00 $476,127.00 414.49%
192. ABRAHAM BLEEMAN FOUNDATION $1,954,305.00 $13,167,501.00 14.84%
193. THE CLARIDGE FOUNDATION $1,949,187.00 $28,737,639.00 6.78%
194. BROOKFIELD PARTNERS
FOUNDATION $1,921,543.00 $33,263,888.00 5.78%
195. ZOLTY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $1,920,405.00 $39,189.00 4900.37%
196. THE REINDERS FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,906,713.00 $744,888.00 255.97%
197. CANADA POST CORPORATION
EMPLOYEES CHARITY TRUST FUND $1,903,167.00
198. BC GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND TRUST $1,901,047.00 $963,805.00 197.24%
199. THE JOSEPH TANENBAUM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$1,877,509.00 $11,747,288.00 15.98%
200. JACKMAN FOUNDATION $1,859,030.00 $47,643,735.00 3.90%
201. THE COLIN B GLASSCO
CHARITABLEFOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN
$1,848,406.00 $5,834,444.00 31.68%
202. FELSEN FOUNDATION $1,846,937.00 $22,464,265.00 8.22%
203. FONDATION AUBE NOUVELLE $1,846,627.00 $886,959.00 208.20%
204. THE MCLEAN FOUNDATION $1,846,216.00 $39,586,677.00 4.66%
205. THOMAS SILL FOUNDATION INC. $1,836,699.00 $34,535.00 5318.37%
206. THE SAMUEL FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,818,130.00 $48,601,037.00 3.74%
207. THE KAVELMAN-FONN FOUNDATION $1,807,240.00 $32,741,406.00 5.52%
208. WILDWOOD LEARNING CENTRE $1,800,361.00 $699,791.00 257.27%
209. MARGARET AND WALLACE MCCAIN
FAMILY FOUNDATION INC $1,798,029.00 $27,286,421.00 6.59%
210. STEPPING STONES FOUNDATION $1,787,017.00 $593,213.00 301.24%
211. THE STOLLERY CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $1,770,031.00 $61,547,444.00 2.88%
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212.
THE VILIAM FRANKEL FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC/LA
FONDATION DE CHARITE DE LA FAMILLE VILIAM FRANKEL
$1,761,544.00 $8,465,645.00 20.81%
213.
THE CANADIAN FRIENDS OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY/LES AMIS CANADIENS DU
MUSEE AMERICAN D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE
$1,752,616.00 $827.00 211924.55%
214. GILL RATCLIFFE FOUNDATION $1,751,355.00 $7,041.00 24873.67%
215. THE HAROLD CRABTREE
FOUNDATION $1,747,273.00 $55,250,644.00 3.16%
216. FONDATION JACQUES & MICHEL
AUGER $1,746,387.00 $18,818,506.00 9.28%
217. TD Securities Underwriting Hope
Fund $1,743,650.00 $361,769.00 481.98%
218. PRINCE ALBERT METIS WOMEN'S
ASSOC INC $1,734,319.00 $1,052,409.00 164.80%
219. THE LAZARIDIS FAMILY
FOUNDATION $1,732,665.00 $226,558,820.00 0.76%
220. CANADA TRUST CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $1,715,374.00 $247,348.00 693.51%
221. THE FREGIN FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,713,283.00 $34,362,929.00 4.99%
222. FONDATION GUY LALIBERTE $1,710,609.00 $24,738.00 6914.90%
223. DHC/ART $1,674,366.00 $5,466,201.00 30.63%
224. THE TOSKAN CASALE FOUNDATION $1,662,805.00 $2,617,073.00 63.54%
225. La Fondation Cure / The Cure
Foundation $1,630,297.00 $6,490,648.00 25.12%
226. THE LOUISE AND ALAN EDWARDS
FOUNDATION/LA FONDATION LOUISE ET ALAN EDWARDS
$1,626,873.00 $37,722,687.00 4.31%
227. THE CALL OF THE POOR INC $1,607,554.00 $578,611.00 277.83%
228. ROSS-SHIRE FOUNDATION $1,606,314.00 $15,116,566.00 10.63%
229. THE DAVID AND RYFKA D'ANCONA
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $1,604,656.00 $7,506,946.00 21.38%
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2011
230. ACT II CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
SOCIETY $1,591,971.00 $3,465,827.00 45.93%
231. Richard And Edith Strauss Canada Foundation/Fondation Richard et
Edith Strauss canada $1,586,613.00 $9,882,653.00 16.05%
232. VIEW WEST FOUNDATION $1,584,162.00 $4,217,946.00 37.56%
233. THE PHYLLIS LAMBERT
FOUNDATION/LA FONDATION PHYLLIS LAMBERT
$1,584,143.00 $26,215,926.00 6.04%
234.
SHOPPERS DRUG MART/PHARMAPRIX LIFE
FOUNDATION - LA FONDATION LIFE DE PHARMAPRIX/SHOPPERS DRUG
MART
$1,572,725.00 $1,295,902.00 121.36%
235. THE GERRY & NANCY PENCER BRAIN
TRUST $1,557,870.00 $75,464.00 2064.39%
236. LEDCOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $1,557,076.00 $2,628,813.00 59.23%
237. Fondation Daniel Langlois/Daniel
Langlois Foundation $1,556,068.00 $65,944.00 2359.68%
238. SEAMONT FOUNDATION-
FONDATION SEAMONT $1,554,822.00 $334,167.00 465.28%
239. THE TERRENCE DONNELLY
FOUNDATION $1,529,103.00 $2,768,229.00 55.24%
240. THE LAWRENCE AND JUDITH
TANENBAUM FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,519,397.00 $5,810,102.00 26.15%
241. THE WARREN AND DEBBIE KIMEL
FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,501,542.00 $16,734,644.00 8.97%
242. THE RIX FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,498,486.00 $28,111,904.00 5.33%
243. FONDATION-ANTOINE-TURMEL
/ANTOINE TURMEL FOUNDATION $1,489,124.00 $19,750,255.00 7.54%
244. CAL WENZEL FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,485,248.00 $2,174,875.00 68.29%
245. THE BRANSCOMBE FAMILY
FOUNDATION $1,484,327.00 $34,379,080.00 4.32%
246. NATHAN AND LILY SILVER FAMILY
FOUNDATION $1,482,973.00 $17,617,354.00 8.42%
247. THE SHIPP FOUNDATION $1,471,639.00 $2,045.00 71962.79%
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Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
248. TRINITY DEVELOPMENT
FOUNDATION $1,464,177.00 $1,495,030.00 97.94%
249. FONDATION JEUNESSE-VIE $1,462,272.00 $14,998,117.00 9.75%
250. THE PURPLEVILLE FOUNDATION $1,451,366.00 $46,809,788.00 3.10%
251. THE COWAN FOUNDATION $1,447,807.00 $92,270.00 1569.10%
252. THE LEACROSS FOUNDATION/LA
FONDATION LEACROSS $1,443,560.00 $50,214,029.00 2.87%
253. FONDATION DE L'HOPITAL MONT SINAI / MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL
FOUNDATION $1,441,021.00 $3,904,094.00 36.91%
254. LASSONDE FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,436,428.00 $27,268,127.00 5.27%
255. FRANK AND ELLEN REMAI
FOUNDATION INC. $1,429,317.00 $30,595,941.00 4.67%
256. THE JOHN AND JUDY BRAGG FAMILY
FOUNDATION $1,429,050.00 $3,065,862.00 46.61%
257. MADONNA FOUNDATION $1,412,462.00 $11,286,846.00 12.51%
258. THE MANUEL & EVA KIMEL
FOUNDATION $1,405,759.00 $7,326,361.00 19.19%
259. VAN NORMAN CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION INC $1,396,813.00 $2,665,724.00 52.40%
260. THE TEMERTY FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,393,998.00 $4,128,522.00 33.77%
261. THE FASHION FOR PASSION
FOUNDATION $1,390,736.00 $212,565.00 654.26%
262. FERNWOOD FOUNDATION $1,388,944.00 $10,908,208.00 12.73%
263. THE PROSSER CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $1,388,426.00 $39,491,974.00 3.52%
264. TANBRIDGE ACADEMY $1,384,899.00 $1,021,850.00 135.53%
265. THE JACK WEINBAUM FAMILY
FOUNDATION $1,384,292.00 $30,936,340.00 4.47%
266. ENCANA CARES FOUNDATION $1,382,383.00 $26,632.00 5190.68%
267. T.R. MEIGHEN FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,380,680.00 $15,457,923.00 8.93%
268. THE NEW HOPE FOUNDATION $1,338,567.00 $26,886,701.00 4.98%
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Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
269. M.B.C. DAY CARE CENTRE $1,336,652.00 $303,296.00 440.71%
270. The Sheldon Inwentash and Lynn
Factor Charitable Foundation $1,336,435.00 $471,578.00 283.40%
271. THE STONEFIELDS FOUNDATION $1,336,423.00 $26,839,640.00 4.98%
272. The Peter and Shelagh Godsoe
Family Foundation $1,323,174.00 $32,899,745.00 4.02%
273. DR GEOFFREY R CONWAY
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION (CANADA) $1,314,262.00 $9,558,350.00 13.75%
274. THE JOHN DOBSON FOUNDATION $1,310,563.00 $27,079,025.00 4.84%
275. FRANK J. FLAMAN FOUNDATION $1,305,958.00 $839,675.00 155.53%
276. MICHAEL CUCCIONE FOUNDATION $1,300,567.00 $1,450,746.00 89.65%
277. THE SIR JAMES DUNN FOUNDATION $1,298,072.00 $17,483,144.00 7.42%
278. THE JOHN AND DEBORAH HARRIS
FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,294,856.00 $16,184,350.00 8.00%
279. THE ALL-NATIONS TRADITIONAL
HEALING CENTRE INC. $1,293,774.00 $336,465.00 384.52%
280. THE IV CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $1,293,442.00 $223,798.00 577.95%
281. THE DUNIN FOUNDATION $1,290,999.00 $33,741,387.00 3.83%
282. THE LLOYD CARR-HARRIS
FOUNDATION $1,290,432.00 $19,755,064.00 6.53%
283. Service d'intervention en santé
Mentale-Espoir $1,280,369.00 $499,972.00 256.09%
284. SPRINGFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST $1,279,767.00 $1,252,000.00 102.22%
285. FONDATION MIRELLA & LINO
SAPUTO $1,278,639.00 $22.00 5811995.45%
286. KARIS SUPPORT SOCIETY $1,274,374.00 $170,597.00 747.01%
287. THE WESLEY AND MARY NICOL
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $1,267,305.00 $2,419,922.00 52.37%
288. D H FALLE FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,265,205.00 $18,956,719.00 6.67%
289. Canada-Nova Scotia Post-Secondary
Education Access Trust $1,264,473.00 $2,224,821.00 56.83%
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Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
290. KRYSKO FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,263,696.00 $18,509,502.00 6.83%
291. GREEN LEARNING FOUNDATION $1,251,118.00 $141,162.00 886.30%
292. CHRYSLER CANADA LTD.
EMPLOYEES' CHARITABLE FUND $1,247,362.00
293. THE ALBERT & EGOSAH REICHMANN
FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,246,134.00 $1,399,415.00 89.05%
294. THE CATHERINE DONNELLY
FOUNDATION $1,242,719.00 $38,928,753.00 3.19%
295. The Judith Rachel Harris Foundation $1,238,523.00 $867,492.00 142.77%
296. WERKLUND FOUNDATION $1,236,126.00 $15,255,881.00 8.10%
297. COLUMBIA FOUNDATION $1,233,035.00 $6,759,638.00 18.24%
298. THE STEPHEN GREENBERG FAMILY
FOUNDATION $1,232,321.00 $625,045.00 197.16%
299. BELL CANADA EMPLOYEES' CHARITY
TRUST $1,228,136.00 $418,501.00 293.46%
300. The George Hogg Family Foundation $1,214,643.00 $27,031,527.00 4.49%
301. THE MORRIS AND BEVERLY BAKER
FOUNDATION $1,211,632.00 $24,554,207.00 4.93%
302. THE ARTHUR J E CHILD FOUNDATION $1,210,372.00 $38,146,236.00 3.17%
303. THE IRVING FOUNDATION $1,200,082.00 $67,526.00 1777.21%
304. Fondation Celine Dion/Celine Dion
Foundation $1,193,350.00 $1,742,269.00 68.49%
305. DREAMCATCHER CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $1,180,749.00 $336,869.00 350.51%
306. THE WINDSOR FOUNDATION $1,179,580.00 $39,682,888.00 2.97%
307. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY HISTORY
FOUNDATION $1,177,587.00 $24,047,798.00 4.90%
308. FONDATION DUFRESNE & GAUTHIER $1,176,402.00 $7,210,005.00 16.32%
309. Martin Aboriginal Education
Initiative/Initiative d'éducation Autochtone Martin
$1,175,145.00 $731,611.00 160.62%
310. SEARS CANADA CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $1,172,024.00 $135,473.00 865.13%
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Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
311. THE FRED GEORGE FOUNDATION $1,169,756.00 $1,793,045.00 65.24%
312. FONDATION MARCEL ET ROLANDE
GOSSELIN $1,167,958.00 $7,258,993.00 16.09%
313. THE DH GALES FAMILY CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION OF TORONTO $1,158,547.00 $5,665,860.00 20.45%
314. THE PALOMA FOUNDATION $1,156,696.00 $17,013,107.00 6.80%
315. THE WILLIAM AND NONA HEASLIP
FOUNDATION $1,155,888.00 $30,841,401.00 3.75%
316. O.J. JACOBSON FOUNDATION $1,152,291.00 $3,478,923.00 33.12%
317. THE BENNETT FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,148,756.00 $19,525,396.00 5.88%
318. YDESSA HENDELES ART
FOUNDATION $1,140,619.00 $663,185.00 171.99%
319. THE MARDER FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,138,388.00 $6,926,476.00 16.44%
320. IMPERIAL OIL EMPLOYEES CHARITY
TRUST $1,137,646.00
321. THE HENRY AND SYLVIA WAKS
FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,137,641.00 $66,861.00 1701.50%
322. GRAHAM MUNRO CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $1,137,496.00 $14,578,843.00 7.80%
323. THE MCCAIN FOUNDATION $1,136,926.00 $242,316.00 469.19%
324. SILVER FAMILY CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $1,135,126.00 $1,094,596.00 103.70%
325. JOHN V REMAI FOUNDATION $1,131,330.00 $4,813.00 23505.71%
326. FONDATION DE LA FAMILLE LEMAIRE $1,125,023.00 $5,366,011.00 20.97%
327. LISAARD HOUSE $1,118,176.00 $7,897,142.00 14.16%
328. THE MORRIS JUSTEIN FAMILY
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $1,117,632.00 $1,437,671.00 77.74%
329. COMART FOUNDATION $1,113,647.00 $21,570,036.00 5.16%
330. THE GEOFFREY H. WOOD
FOUNDATION $1,104,108.00 $22,832,623.00 4.84%
331. THE B&C ZY GEZUNT CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $1,102,137.00 $647,351.00 170.25%
332. ATCO GAS EMPLOYEES' COMMUNITY
SERVICE FUND $1,096,728.00 $138,984.00 789.10%
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Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
333. The N.R. Harris Family Foundation $1,096,425.00 $12,981,822.00 8.45%
334. MR AND MRS P A WOODWARD'S
FOUNDATION $1,081,826.00 $29,087,488.00 3.72%
335. CENTRE REGIONAL DE SERVICES AUX
BIBLIOTHEQUES PUBLIQUES DU SAGUENAY-LAC ST-JEAN
$1,080,466.00 $2,184,556.00 49.46%
336. COVENANT ASSOCIATES LTD $1,074,212.00 $1,282,619.00 83.75%
337. THE MILLETT NEW MINAS
RECREATIONAL TRUST $1,073,885.00 $2,974,765.00 36.10%
338. THE LIZ AND TONY COMPER
FOUNDATION $1,067,636.00 $4,212,646.00 25.34%
339. TELUS FOUNDATION $1,066,645.00 $279,413.00 381.74%
340. THE MCBURNEY FAMILY
FOUNDATION $1,066,527.00 $1,721,193.00 61.96%
341. THE JODAMADA FOUNDATION $1,064,809.00 $15,986,900.00 6.66%
342. INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION
FUND OF CANADA INC. $1,057,366.00 $3,056,314.00 34.60%
343. FELICIA AND ARNOLD AARON
FOUNDATION $1,050,669.00 $26,375,387.00 3.98%
344. THE SITKA FOUNDATION $1,044,149.00 $34,892,768.00 2.99%
345. KRG CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $1,039,296.00 $33,873,176.00 3.07%
346. Fondation Farha / Farha Foundation $1,038,815.00 $351,828.00 295.26%
347. TOM AND ANNIE KOHN CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $1,035,730.00 $1,321,457.00 78.38%
348. SOMERSET FOUNDATION $1,029,869.00 $4,055,189.00 25.40%
349. THE JURAVINSKI FOUNDATION $1,028,235.00 $942,449.00 109.10%
350. THE FRANK & AGNES DEFEHR
FOUNDATION INC $1,018,580.00 $506,027.00 201.29%
351. MONTREAL FLUENCY
CENTRE/CENTRE DE FLUIDITE VERBAL DE MONTREAL
$1,015,227.00 $1,126,550.00 90.12%
352. FAITHFUL FRIENDS FOUNDATION $1,013,377.00 $20,107,822.00 5.04%
353. ERIC BAKER FAMILY FOUNDATION $1,008,208.00 $30,571,609.00 3.30%
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Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
354. THE GREATER NIAGARA GENERAL
HOSPITAL FOUNDATION $1,008,056.00 $3,745,835.00 26.91%
355. THE DANIEL AND VERA RUBINSTEIN
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $1,001,782.00 $501,488.00 199.76%
356. MAXWELL CUMMINGS FAMILY
FOUNDATION - FONDATION DE LA FAMILLE MAXWELL CUMMINGS
$999,589.00 $5,469,936.00 18.27%
357. HEATHER RYAN & L. DAVID DUBE
FOUNDATION INC. $998,039.00 $1,816,185.00 54.95%
358. THE WOLF LEBOVIC CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $998,018.00 $146,492,264.00 0.68%
359. THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND $994,756.00 $173,319.00 573.95%
360. DAVE LEDE FAMILY CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $992,674.00 $3,031,009.00 32.75%
361. ALLARD FOUNDATION LTD. $990,730.00 $24,907,430.00 3.98%
362. THE BLUE LUPIN FOUNDATION $990,623.00 $39,301,713.00 2.52%
363. KAISER FOUNDATION $987,517.00 $286,358.00 344.85%
364. THE LAWRENCE AND FRANCES
BLOOMBERG FOUNDATION $987,388.00 $5,731,540.00 17.23%
365. THE REBMAN CHRISTIAN
FOUNDATION $987,055.00 $11,129,332.00 8.87%
366. RESIDUAL TRUST UNDER THE WILL OF NELSON LAWRENCE THURSTON
$986,428.00 $975,474.00 101.12%
367. THE CHARIS FOUNDATION $980,941.00 $10,285,705.00 9.54%
368. THE SHARP FOUNDATION $975,599.00 $32,182,630.00 3.03%
369. Trico Charitable Foundation $973,627.00 $22,906,846.00 4.25%
370. ASPEN FOUNDATION $972,800.00 $13,764,726.00 7.07%
371. LOUIS BRIER JEWISH AGED
FOUNDATION $966,851.00 $7,337,315.00 13.18%
372. VGA BENEVOLENT SOCIETY $964,174.00 $33,065.00 2916.00%
373. THE CLYR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $961,744.00 $1,745,169.00 55.11%
374. THE RUDOLPH P. BRATTY FAMILY
FOUNDATION $945,522.00 $404,087.00 233.99%
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Name of Canadian Private Foundation
Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
375. THE KEG SPIRIT FOUNDATION $941,335.00 $686,954.00 137.03%
376. VIRGINIA PARKER FOUNDATION $938,796.00 $9,024,180.00 10.40%
377. BEL-FRAN CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $935,342.00 $105,479.00 886.76%
378. THE LES AND KAE MARTIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$935,126.00 $5,893,532.00 15.87%
379. THE JOSHUA FOUNDATION INC $934,933.00 $1,510,415.00 61.90%
380. M.E.H. FOUNDATION $933,931.00 $16,889,620.00 5.53%
381. THE BEAVERBROOK CANADIAN
FOUNDATION $931,305.00 $12,116,479.00 7.69%
382. ZUKERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION $926,991.00 $11,797,315.00 7.86%
383. La Maisonnée Paulette Guinois $924,278.00 $1,627,393.00 56.80%
384. SCHLEGEL-UW RESEARCH INSTITUTE
FOR AGING FOUNDATION $922,789.00 $3,137,745.00 29.41%
385. JOHN & BONNIE BUHLER
FOUNDATION INC. $919,034.00 $29,950,242.00 3.07%
386. OSWALD SMITH FOUNDATION
SOCIETY $918,887.00 $3,475,763.00 26.44%
387. EDWARDS CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $907,383.00 $13,565,676.00 6.69%
388. THE GLAXOSMITHKLINE
FOUNDATION / LA FONDATION GLAXOSMITHKLINE
$906,699.00 $9,520.00 9524.15%
389. YU TORAH MITZION BEIT MIDRASH
OF TORONTO $896,933.00 $264,296.00 339.37%
390. THE VIVIAN AND DAVID CAMPBELL
FOUNDATION $894,686.00 $36,716.00 2436.77%
391. THE GITTA NISHUMA FOUNDATION $892,810.00 $99,948.00 893.27%
392. DUBOIS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $889,161.00 $27,486.00 3234.96%
393. BYTOWN BRIGANTINE INC. $889,054.00 $140,845.00 631.23%
394. CHARLES & JULIE BENTALL FAMILY
FOUNDATION $888,437.00 $2,273,038.00 39.09%
395. GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA LIMITED EMPLOYEES CHARITY
$885,977.00
396. THE LEWIS AND CHARLOTTE
STEINBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION $882,967.00 $21,419,084.00 4.12%
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Name of Canadian Private Foundation
Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
397. The Marjorie and Gérald Bronfman
Foundation $880,837.00 $301,868.00 291.80%
398. SUCKER CREEK WOMEN'S
EMERGENCY SHELTER $878,920.00 $277,290.00 316.97%
399. JESSOMA FOUNDATION $875,898.00 $3,498,919.00 25.03%
400. THE EDMONTON CIVIC EMPLOYEES
CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE FUND $873,010.00 $970,957.00 89.91%
401. KEREN HATORAH CHARITY FUND $871,996.00 $996,572.00 87.50%
402. ATCO ELECTRIC EPIC $868,330.00 $655,077.00 132.55%
403. THE LUPINA FOUNDATION $866,757.00 $8,270,570.00 10.48%
404. HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN TRUST
RE JOHN ROSS ROBERTSON ENDO $866,276.00 $18,922,795.00 4.58%
405. SHELDON M CHUMIR FOUNDATION
FOR ETHICS IN LEADERSHIP $866,111.00 $12,055,811.00 7.18%
406. THE TECOLOTE FOUNDATION $858,130.00 $16,854,228.00 5.09%
407. THE PLUNKETT FOUNDATION $857,338.00 $758,675.00 113.00%
408. THE TUNG LIN KOK YUEN CANADA
FOUNDATION $856,253.00 $2,814,819.00 30.42%
409. THE GANZ FAMILY CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $855,920.00 $12,047,393.00 7.10%
410. MANNA CARE FOUNDATION INC. $854,649.00 $435,352.00 196.31%
411. THE HAROLD E. BALLARD
FOUNDATION $851,624.00 $24,681,574.00 3.45%
412. ABARBANEL EIGER CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $850,376.00 $1,404,768.00 60.53%
413. TESARI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $850,011.00 $19,705,698.00 4.31%
414. THE ADAMS FAMILY FOUNDATION
LA FONDATION DE LA FAMILLE ADAMS
$849,644.00 $23,376,716.00 3.63%
415. ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL (TORONTO)
RESEARCH INSTITUTE $849,551.00 $14,022,370.00 6.06%
416. MCGRATH FAMILY FOUNDATION
INCORPORATED $846,740.00 $31,186,002.00 2.72%
417. BLUMENGART COLONY OF
HUTTERIAN BRETHREN $845,396.00 $1,020,198.00 82.87%
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Name of Canadian Private Foundation
Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
418. THE WAYNE TANENBAUM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$844,648.00 $7,916,933.00 10.67%
419. THE GRIFFIN TRUST FOR EXCELLENCE
IN POETRY $843,763.00 $7,339,710.00 11.50%
420. THE AMAYN CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $837,780.00 $10,723,217.00 7.81%
421. THE AUXILIUM FOUNDATION $836,713.00 $21,093,427.00 3.97%
422. LA FONDATION HERSCHEL
VICTOR/THE HERSCHEL VICTOR FOUNDATION
$835,266.00 $7,080,153.00 11.80%
423. THE MACMILLIAN FAMILY
FOUNDATION $830,565.00 $8,841,317.00 9.39%
424. THE PATERSON FOUNDATION $830,552.00 $14,855,227.00 5.59%
425. CEDAR SPRINGS FOUNDATION $826,431.00 $2,470,703.00 33.45%
426. HUNTER FAMILY FOUNDATION $824,273.00 $18,587,065.00 4.43%
427. LAGNIAPPE FOUNDATION $822,325.00 $4,897,571.00 16.79%
428. THE BEN AND HILDA KATZ CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$816,299.00 $5,629,110.00 14.50%
429. THE RALPH M. BARFORD
FOUNDATION $813,413.00 $16,035,888.00 5.07%
430. ANGUS REID FOUNDATION $810,499.00 $906,312.00 89.43%
431. Fondation Familiale Gewurz/Gewurz
Family Fondation $804,194.00 $9,543,397.00 8.43%
432. La Fondation Pomerantz/The
Pomerantz Foundation $804,012.00 $30,362.00 2648.09%
433. THE BLAIRMORE FOUNDATION/LA
FONDATION BLAIRMORE $795,391.00 $1,571,873.00 50.60%
434. THE JOSEPH SEGAL FAMILY
FOUNDATION $794,674.00 $5,714,398.00 13.91%
435. ROBERT L. CONCONI FOUNDATION $790,774.00 $15,288,763.00 5.17%
436. LOHN FOUNDATION $786,818.00 $14,226,472.00 5.53%
437. HARVIE CONSERVANCY
FOUNDATION $786,651.00 $242,437.00 324.48%
438. THE GRANARY FOUNDATION $785,694.00 $11,786.00 6666.33%
439. NELSON ARTHUR HYLAND
FOUNDATION $779,298.00 $13,495,448.00 5.77%
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Name of Canadian Private Foundation
Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
440. BEALIGHT FOUNDATION $776,327.00 $6,777,756.00 11.45%
441. THE ALVIN AND MONA LIBIN
FOUNDATION $775,600.00 $20,281,017.00 3.82%
442. THE POLLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION
INC. $774,838.00 $5,016,568.00 15.45%
443. HYDRO ONE EMPLOYEES' AND
PENSIONERS' CHARITY TRUST FUND $774,465.00 $469,683.00 164.89%
444. THE KOFFLER FOUNDATION $774,199.00 $12,426,821.00 6.23%
445. ROFEH WELLNESS FOUNDATION $768,947.00 $592,994.00 129.67%
446. THE LUNG FOUNDATION OF
SASKATCHEWAN INC. $767,879.00 $7,239,181.00 10.61%
447. THE CAER FAMILY FOUNDATION $767,181.00 $517,829.00 148.15%
448. Evergreen Charitable Trust $765,324.00 $717,544.00 106.66%
449. MARIGOLD FOUNDATION LTD. $762,505.00 $8,879,148.00 8.59%
450. THE ESTHERELKE TANENBAUM
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $760,884.00 $7,731,583.00 9.84%
451. THE BEN SAWATZKY FOUNDATION $759,912.00 $4,270,499.00 17.79%
452. THE MAZEL FOUNDATION $758,704.00 $2,632,178.00 28.82%
453. THE SAVVAS CHAMBERLAIN FAMILY
FOUNDATION $757,919.00 $6,225,164.00 12.18%
454. The Birks Family Foundation / La
fondation de la famille Birks $754,277.00 $18,228,303.00 4.14%
455. THE FLECK FAMILY FOUNDATION $753,844.00 $1,890,567.00 39.87%
456. PHYLISS AND IRVING SNIDER
FOUNDATION $751,657.00 $14,766,510.00 5.09%
457.
FONDATION DU MUSEE ET DES ARCHIVES A L'ANCIENNE-ALUMINERIE-ALCAN-DE-
SHAWINIGAN
$750,000.00 $3,623,933.00 20.70%
458. FRIENDS OF HONDURAN CHILDREN $748,617.00 $351,865.00 212.76%
459. THE GRAHAM BOECKH FOUNDATION
/FONDATION GRAHAM BOECKH $747,883.00 $10,301,887.00 7.26%
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Name of Canadian Private Foundation
Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
460. THE FRANCES TANENBAUM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$745,257.00 $7,978,506.00 9.34%
461. CAROLYN SIFTON FOUNDATION
INCORPORATED $739,802.00 $17,134,687.00 4.32%
462. PHILIP AND HANNAH REICHMANN
FAMILY FOUNDATION $736,092.00 $198,277.00 371.24%
463. MAISON HELENE LACROIX $733,726.00 $727,880.00 100.80%
464. THE MOLSON DONATIONS FUND/LE FONDS DE BIENFAISANCE MOLSON
$727,945.00 $607,912.00 119.75%
465. THE HIGHBURY FOUNDATION $727,225.00 $22,161,024.00 3.28%
466. THE P.J. PHELAN SAILING
FOUNDATION $727,146.00 $2,171,581.00 33.48%
467. The Sandra and Leo Kolber
Foundation $725,851.00 $1,543,290.00 47.03%
468. THE WAUGH FAMILY FOUNDATION $724,575.00 $16,080,853.00 4.51%
469. GELMONT
FOUNDATION/FONDATION GELMONT
$724,182.00 $16,899,014.00 4.29%
470. THE ROBBINS FOUNDATION CANADA $723,737.00 $2,312,532.00 31.30%
471. THE TOLDO FOUNDATION $722,084.00
472. GREAT CENTURY FOUNDATION $721,837.00 $15,585,804.00 4.63%
473. THE ALLAN AND SUSAN SEIDENFELD
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $719,945.00 $678,273.00 106.14%
474. THE GWYN MORGAN AND PATRICIA
TROTTIER FOUNDATION $718,545.00 $16,178,349.00 4.44%
475. TOYOTA CANADA
FOUNDATION/FONDATION TOYOTA CANADA
$714,599.00 $7,866,574.00 9.08%
476. Fondation Labelle, Meilleur $713,084.00 $9,339,315.00 7.64%
477. VIEWPOINT CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $712,266.00 $13,240,384.00 5.38%
478. THE MASTER FOUNDATION $712,226.00 $300.00 237408.67%
479. BOARDWALK CHARITABLE TRUST
FUND $710,110.00 $3,206.00 22149.41%
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Name of Canadian Private Foundation
Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
480. The Hotchkiss Family Foundation $708,638.00 $7,327,400.00 9.67%
481. THE JOHN & ELLIE VOORTMAN
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $708,456.00 $15,886,312.00 4.46%
482. DE GASPE BEAUBIEN
FOUNDATION/LA FONDATION DE GASPE BEAUBIEN
$707,773.00 $319,229.00 221.71%
483. IAN ANDERSON HOUSE
FOUNDATION $706,534.00 $4,507,712.00 15.67%
484. THE ROBERT CAMPEAU FAMILY
FOUNDATION $703,623.00 $4,281,264.00 16.43%
485. Yuill Family Foundation $700,200.00 $141,904.00 493.43%
486. THE SUMMIT CENTRE FOR
PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH AUTISM
$699,109.00 $65,352.00 1069.76%
487. AHAVAS SHOLOM CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $698,656.00 $1,384,082.00 50.48%
488. THE GREAT GULF HOMES
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $692,235.00 $282,357.00 245.16%
489. E. & G. ODETTE FOUNDATION $690,957.00 $6,994,622.00 9.88%
490. THE JOSEPH AND FANNY
TANENBAUM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$690,497.00 $7,403,861.00 9.33%
491. FONDATION BEATI $690,216.00 $11,337,586.00 6.09%
492. P. AND L. ODETTE CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $685,396.00 $11,800,108.00 5.81%
493. CHAN FOUNDATION OF CANADA $684,016.00 $12,240,446.00 5.59%
494. CMA HOLDINGS FOUNDATION /
FONDATION HOLDING AMC $682,833.00 $18,961,482.00 3.60%
495. N. MURRAY EDWARDS CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $680,685.00 $21,000,561.00 3.24%
496. THE BRIAN LINEHAN CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION $679,504.00 $3,465,436.00 19.61%
497. ST. JOSEPH PRIESTS' FOUNDATION
OF EDMONTON $677,146.00 $10,177,345.00 6.65%
498. FONDATION sylvie lesperance $676,684.00 $11,076,789.00 6.11%
499. SUTHERLAND FOUNDATION INC $676,393.00 $10,618,647.00 6.37%
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Total expenditures in
2011 Total assets
Percentage of assets expended in
2011
500. FONDATION SAISON NOUVELLE $665,197.00 $3,103,693.00 21.43%
Limitations and Caveats
There are a number of cautions in dealing with the information from the T3010. You can access
on the CRA website directly information on each Canadian registered charity at:
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/charities/
As well, Imagine Canada has created a website, with funding from the CRA, which utilizes
T3010 and other information at www.charityfocus.ca This website is well worth visiting.
We have placed various statistical information from charities and CRA on our website at:
http://www.globalphilanthropy.ca/index.php/blog/category/canadian_charity_statistics.com
All information in this note is provided “as is”.
1) The data in this note is based on the 2011 T3010 Registered Charity Information Return
filings. Although all charities are supposed to file their T3010 within 6 months of their fiscal
year end, some registered charities file their return late. In some cases they do not file at all and
then will lose their charitable status eventually. Depending on the dataset from CRA not every
charity may have filed their T3010 or CRA may have received the T3010 but not yet inputted it.
2) Registered charities complete the T3010 and one person signs the form. The T3010
information is not independently verified by CRA when it is posted on the CRA site or placed in
the CRA database.
3) Although an important legal document, the T3010 is often completed by volunteers or others
who may have little understanding of the nuances of the Income Tax Act, who may have limited
language skills, and who may not have easy access to the correct information and are often in a
hurry to file the form to avoid deregistration. In the case of larger institutions who would
generally be those who are hiring people with higher salaries the likelihood is greater than the
average that the information will be accurately prepared by the institution and its accountants or
finance staff. It is a good idea especially for larger charities for different parts of the charity to
review the T3010 closely such as finance, program staff, fundraising etc. although sometimes
this does not happen.
4) The T3010s are filed with CRA and in many cases needs to be coded by hand at CRA which
can also introduce mistakes. Only a small number of T3010s have 2D bar code technology
which will eliminate most processing errors on CRA’s part. Canadian charities still cannot
electronically file the T3010.
5) In some cases those completing the T3010 for a charity are deliberately deceptive. For
example, an organizations knows that it has substantial fundraising or political expenses but
chooses to put them under charitable etc. Or an organization claims pharmaceuticals that it can
purchase for $50,000 are really worth $50 million.
6) Don’t rely on any of this information without checking with the charity and appropriate due
diligence as required.
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7) The T3010 is a tax form completed according to guidance provided by the CRA in a Guide
(T-4033) and also various other CRA guidances and policies. The information inputted may not
conform to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and many not match what is in a
financial statement. You can obtain copies of financial statements, whether audited or not, on
any registered charity by requesting the financial statements from CRA. These financial
statements are filed with CRA, but not placed on the CRA website, and they sometimes add
further important information.
8) The T3010 asks certain questions. Many important questions are not asked on the T3010.
Furthermore and most shockingly CRA is prohibited from releasing any information on the
approximately 80,000 – 100,000 non-profits that are not registered charities and that file the
T1044 Non-Profit Information Return.
9) Relying on the T3010 to make decisions on whether a charity is efficient, effective, or
worthwhile to support is prone to failure. We have established a website at www.smartgiving.ca
which discusses in detail questions donors may want to ask before donating to charity. Also we
have prepared on article on how much should a charity spend on overhead.
This analysis was prepared as part of the Sean Blumberg Transparency Project.
Mark Blumberg is a lawyer at Blumberg Segal LLP in Toronto, Ontario. He works almost
exclusively in the area of non-profit and charity law. To find out more about legal services that
Blumbergs provides to charities and non-profits please visit www.canadiancharitylaw.ca or
www.globalphilanthropy.ca
This article is for information purposes only. It is not intended to be legal advice. You should not
act or abstain from acting based upon such information without first consulting a legal
professional.