Canadian Picture Pioneers Trust Fund
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 891614042RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($245,242) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Picture Pioneers Trust Fund is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $511K in revenue and $245K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $5,000.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $150K in 2020 to $511K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The organization is committed to providing assistance to individuals or their families who are in need of help. The organization also has a scholarship program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $511K | $245K | $214K | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $358K | $223K | $192K | — | — | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $158K | $579K | $546K | — | — | $2.9M |
| 2021 | $619K | $245K | $213K | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $150K | $314K | $205K | — | — | $3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cathy Watson (chairperson); Philip May (treasurer); Freeborn John (trustee); Neil Campbell (trustee); Greg Mason (trustee); Melissa Pressacco (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Picture Pioneers Trust Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891614042RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.