Burgundy Legacy Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 757680673RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,244,837) as filed with the CRA.
Burgundy Legacy 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 $22.5M in revenue and $14.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 297 qualified donees totalling $14.1M in 2024, the largest being $5M to UHN Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Burgundy legacy foundation’s charitable mandate is to support canadian registered charities and other qualified donees by pooling philanthropic contributions from various donors for the ultimate betterment of qualified donees and the charitable community as a whole.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $22.5M | $14.2M | — | — | $14.1M | $32M |
| 2023 | $33.5M | $10.5M | — | — | $10.5M | $23.1M |
| 2022 | $7.8M | $7.8M | — | — | $7.7M | $170K |
| 2021 | $251K | $169K | — | — | $169K | $82K |
| 2020 | — | $4 | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $14.1M to 297 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- UHN Foundation$5M
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$1.4M
- Fairview Mennonite Homes$1M
- University of Saskatchewan$886K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$303K
- Lions Gate Hospital Foundation$250K
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$202K
- Cape Breton University$200K
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$148K
- Shaw Festival Theatre Canada$140K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$127K
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$120K
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$116K
- Imago$115K
- Toronto Foundation$112K
- The Canadian National Institute For The Blind$100K
- New Dawn Community Development Educational Foundation Inc.$100K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$100K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$100K
- Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation$100K
- Vancouver Foundation$98K
- The Toronto Public Library Foundation$91K
- Makeway Foundation$80K
- Fort York Food Bank a Non-Profit Corporation$80K
- The Niagara Symphony Association$75K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laura Arrell (director); Angela Bhutani (director); Julie Cordeiro (director); Alexander Krstinov (director); Meghan Moore (director); Robert Sankey (director); Teresa Vasilopoulos (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Burgundy Legacy Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 757680673RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.