Aubrey & Marla Dan Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 863735155RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,277,029) as filed with the CRA.
Aubrey & Marla Dan 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 $2.5M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 53 qualified donees totalling $2.6M in 2024, the largest being $200K to 360Kids Support Services. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $6M in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Conducting activites as per trust documents
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $3.3M | — | — | $2.6M | $510K |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $3.1M | — | — | $2.4M | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $3M | $2.6M | — | — | $2M | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $3.2M | $2.5M | — | — | $2.1M | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $6M | $5.5M | — | — | $5.1M | $573K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.6M to 53 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- 360Kids Support Services$200K
- CEE Centre for Young Black Professionals$178K
- The Centennial Infant and Child Centre Foundation$150K
- UHN Foundation$100K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto$100K
- Youth Without Shelter Terra House North Toronto Emergency Residence and Referral Agency$100K
- Abiona Centre for Infant & Early Mental Health$100K
- Second Harvest Canada$100K
- Stella's Place Assessment and Treatment Centre$100K
- Blue Door Support Services$100K
- Lay-Up Youth Basketball$100K
- Sistema Toronto Academy$85K
- The WoodGreen Foundation$75K
- Actors Fund of Canada$65K
- Jacs Toronto$65K
- Eva's Initiatives for Homeless Youth$60K
- Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services$50K
- Pathways to Education Canada/Passeport pour ma réussite Canada$50K
- Jewish Family and Child Service of Greater Toronto$50K
- Summerworks Theatre Festival$50K
- Diabetes Hope Foundation$50K
- Covenant House Toronto$50K
- Weston Frontlines Centre$45K
- Stepstones for Youth$45K
- Unity Charity$44K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$379K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aubrey Lionel Dan (trustee); Marla Louise Dan (trustee); Elias Toby (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Aubrey & Marla Dan Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863735155RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.