Canadian National Exhibition Foundation
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118834639RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($757,342) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian National Exhibition Foundation is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $738K in revenue and $757K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5,000 in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Toronto Foundation for Student Success. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $143K in 2020 to $738K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The foundation promotes interest in the study of agriculture horticulture music art education and sports through the granting of funds to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $738K | $757K | $149K | $499K | $8,000 | $102K |
| 2023 | $639K | $665K | $83K | $508K | $8,000 | $121K |
| 2022 | $598K | $643K | $80K | $517K | $5,000 | $147K |
| 2021 | $166K | $144K | $36K | $70K | $5,000 | $193K |
| 2020 | $143K | $103K | — | $34K | $5,000 | $170K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,000 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $26K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$239K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Randy Bauslaugh (director); Suzan Hall (director); Stephen Holyday (director); Darryl Kaplan (director); Greg Pollock (director); Helen Wojcinski (director); Susan Antler (director); Ted Papadatos (director); Jennifer Ward (director); Janice Warren (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian National Exhibition Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118834639RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.