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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other gifts$135,130
- Investment income$104,568
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.