Aston Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 816588313RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($165,398) as filed with the CRA.
Aston Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $595K in revenue and $165K 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 56% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 24 qualified donees totalling $149K in 2024, the largest being $40K to Walkabout Farm Therapeutic Riding Association Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The aston family foundation is to generally support charities working in the following areass: mental illness in ontario environmental charities in canada homelessness services in toronto youth shelters in toronto and education in ontario.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $595K | $165K | — | — | $149K | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $214K | $117K | — | — | $102K | $2.8M |
| 2022 | -$105K | $95K | — | — | $95K | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $546K | $109K | — | — | $92K | $2.9M |
| 2020 | -$62K | $112K | — | — | $88K | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $149K to 24 qualified donees:
- Walkabout Farm Therapeutic Riding Association Inc.$40K
- Fred Victor$15K
- Horizons for Youth$13K
- West Neighbourhood House$12K
- Youth Without Shelter$10K
- Haliburton Highlands H.S.$10K
- West Neighborhood House$7,300
- Canadian Wildlife Foundation$7,000
- Five Counties Children$5,000
- Take a Hike$2,500
- Community Music Schools$2,500
- Covenant House$2,500
- Interval House$2,500
- Stellas Place$2,500
- Sinai Health Foundation$2,500
- Metropolitan Church$2,500
- Haliburton Health Services$2,500
- CoDevelopment Canada Association$2,500
- Yorktown Family Services$2,500
- Long Run$1,000
- Distress Centres of Greater Toronto$1,000
- The Grief Centre$1,000
- Haliburton Highlands Resource Centre$1,000
- PRHC Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Aston (secretary); Barbara Aston (director); Jill Aston (director); Alison Aston (director); Peter Aston (director); Mani Mazinani (director); Monica Allen (director); Patricia Homer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Aston Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 816588313RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.