Blue Crane Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 749334942RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($200,795) as filed with the CRA.
Blue Crane Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $875K in revenue and $201K 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 49% 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 11 qualified donees totalling $175K in 2024, the largest being $50K to The Connor Clark & Lunn Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The blue crane charitable foundation does not run its own programs instead makes yearly contributions to qualified donees and intermediaries.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $875K | $201K | — | — | $175K | $5.8M |
| 2023 | $5.2M | $83K | — | — | $70K | $5.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $175K to 11 qualified donees:
- The Connor Clark & Lunn Foundation$50K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$50K
- University of Cape Town Rugby Club$20K
- Outward Bound Canada$15K
- The Townships Project$10K
- Crescent School Foundation$5,000
- Community Connections (revelstoke) Society$5,000
- Campfire Circle Autour du Feu$5,000
- Prince Edward County Arts Council$5,000
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Canada-Ukraine Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Freund (director); Jane Freund (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blue Crane Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 749334942RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.