Arrell Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 872388079RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,853,786) as filed with the CRA.
Arrell Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $66.7M in revenue and $10.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $175K.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 42 qualified donees totalling $10.4M in 2024, the largest being $2.2M to University of Guelph. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5M in 2020 to $66.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The foundation provides funding for research in education and healthcare and contributes to charities that are qualified donees under the income tax act (canada).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $66.7M | $10.9M | $41K | — | $10.4M | $184.8M |
| 2023 | $22.5M | $10.2M | $29K | — | $9.7M | $128.9M |
| 2022 | $41.7M | $8.1M | $34K | — | $7.8M | $116.6M |
| 2021 | $15.2M | $1.3M | $36K | — | $1.1M | $83M |
| 2020 | $5M | $7.4M | $6,819 | — | $7.2M | $69M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10.4M to 42 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- University of Guelph$2.2M
- Right To Food$2M
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$1.6M
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$1M
- Second Harvest Canada$500K
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$255K
- The National Ballet of Canada/le Ballet National du Canada$250K
- Canadahelps Canadon$250K
- Canadian Opera Company$200K
- Daily Bread Food Bank$200K
- The Stop Community Food Centre$200K
- The New Farm Centre for Climate Action$150K
- Arrell Family Foundation$150K
- Farm to Cafeteria Canada Society$150K
- Institut économique de montréal$100K
- The Fraser Institute$100K
- The Bruce Trail Conservancy$100K
- Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada$100K
- Cystic Fibrosis Canada / Fibrose Kystique Canada$100K
- Makeway Foundation$75K
- L'Arche Toronto Homes Inc.$75K
- Evergreen$50K
- Clean Economy Fund$50K
- Centre for Civic Engagement$50K
- The Bentway Conservancy$50K
Received $175K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anthony Arrell (chairman); Suzanne Arrell (president); Laura Arrell (managing director); Margaret Ashleigh Arrell (director); Nicole Arrell (director); Richard Rooney (director); Erik Joyal (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Arrell Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872388079RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.