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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$274,802
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.