Arthur & Audrey Cutten Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118790526RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($501,756) as filed with the CRA.
Arthur & Audrey Cutten 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 $417K in revenue and $502K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 35 qualified donees totalling $431K in 2024, the largest being $50K to The Canadian Red Cross Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
For charitable purposes in ontario and for educational purposes in canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $417K | $502K | — | — | $431K | $9.6M |
| 2023 | $707K | $483K | — | — | $414K | $9M |
| 2022 | $525K | $384K | — | — | $315K | $8.5M |
| 2021 | $610K | $384K | — | — | $315K | $9.6M |
| 2020 | $424K | $337K | — | — | $274K | $8.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $431K to 35 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$50K
- The Canadian National Institute For The Blind$50K
- The Rekai Centres$25K
- Elephant Thoughts Educational Outreach$20K
- The Discovery Centre$13K
- Children's Aid Foundation of Ottawa$10K
- Canadian Medic-Alert Foundation Incorporated$10K
- CJL Foundation$10K
- Christie Refugee Welcome Centre Inc.$10K
- Catholic Children's Aid Society of Hamilton$10K
- Young Women's Christian Association of Halifax$10K
- The WoodGreen Foundation$10K
- The Bridge Church$10K
- Scientists in School$10K
- Pinnguaq Foundation$10K
- Ottawa Riverkeeper Inc.$10K
- Ottawa Peace and Environment Resource Centre$10K
- Opportunities United Community Initiative$10K
- Michael House Pregnancy and Parenting Support Services$10K
- Maclaren Art Centre$10K
- Learning Disabilities Association of Windsor-Essex County$10K
- Giant Steps Toronto Inc.$10K
- FIRST Robotics Canada$10K
- Engineers of Tomorrow$10K
- Stormont Dundas & Glengarry Seniors' Education Centre Inc$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Matthew Bird (president); Dave Johnston (vice president); Geraldine Lawrie (secretary/treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Arthur & Audrey Cutten Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118790526RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.