Alpema Foundation
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 800803470RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($138,367) as filed with the CRA.
Alpema Foundation is a private foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $133K in revenue and $138K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 36 qualified donees totalling $95K in 2023, the largest being $6,000 to Bloor Street United Church. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $282K in 2020 to $133K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Consider merits of qualified donees and make distributions to them from time to time.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $133K | $138K | — | — | $115K | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $92K | $111K | — | — | $95K | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $79K | $66K | — | — | $50K | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $328K | $54K | — | — | $39K | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $282K | $58K | — | — | $45K | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $95K to 36 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Bloor Street United Church$6,000
- United Way Greater Toronto$5,000
- Canadian Cancer Society$5,000
- Alzheimer Society of Canada$5,000
- Toronto Pwa Foundation$3,500
- MS Society of Canada$3,500
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario$3,500
- Churches-ON-The-Hill Food Bank$3,000
- Medicins Sans Frontieres$3,000
- Ecojustice$3,000
- Elizabeth Fry Toronto$2,500
- Project Canoe$2,500
- Architectural Concervancy of Ontario$2,500
- Toronto Pwa Foundation$2,500
- United College$2,500
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada$2,500
- Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada$2,500
- Interval House$2,500
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario$2,500
- Habitat for Humanit$2,500
- Eva's Initiatives$2,500
- MGH$2,500
- Tarragon Theatre$2,000
- Tafelmusik$2,000
- Ontario Nature$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alexander Grenzebach (trustee); Douglas Farley (trustee); John Bailey (trustee); Kevin Bailey (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alpema Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 800803470RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.