D & G Estey Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 832562052RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($134,095) as filed with the CRA.
D & G Estey Family 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 $1.1M in revenue and $134K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% 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 76% 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 16 qualified donees totalling $129K in 2024, the largest being $55K to The University of New Brunswick. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $167K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Donations to various registered charitable causes
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $134K | — | — | $129K | $3.4M |
| 2023 | $213K | $112K | — | — | $107K | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $191K | $96K | — | — | $87K | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $81K | $112K | — | — | $104K | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $167K | $62K | — | — | $58K | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $129K to 16 qualified donees:
- The University of New Brunswick$55K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$27K
- The National Ballet of Canada Endowment Foundation/la Fondation de la Dotation du Ballet National du Canada$15K
- Georgetown University$14K
- Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada$3,500
- Substance. On s'informe. On en parle. / Substance. Learn about it. Talk about it.$3,500
- Rosedale United Church$3,000
- The Yonge Street Mission$1,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,000
- The Canadian Stage Corporation$1,000
- Crow's Theatre$1,000
- Second Harvest Canada$1,000
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Women's Foundation$1,000
- Children Believe Fund$553
- Stella's Place Assessment and Treatment Centre$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
George Estey (trustee); Doone Estey (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from D & G Estey Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 832562052RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.