Donald Bainbridge Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 812092765RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,828,390) as filed with the CRA.
Donald Bainbridge 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 $521K in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $2.8M in 2024, the largest being $1.5M to Daily Bread Food Bank. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The objects of the corporation are: 1. To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to one or more qualified donees within the meaning of the income tax act (canada) as amended from time to time; and 2. To undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above charitable purpose.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $521K | $2.8M | — | — | $2.8M | $6.6M |
| 2023 | $4.3M | $2.2M | — | — | $2.1M | $8.9M |
| 2022 | $7.5M | $750K | — | — | $750K | $6.8M |
| 2021 | — | $1,001 | — | — | — | $1,529 |
| 2020 | — | $1,048 | — | — | — | $2,533 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.8M to 13 qualified donees:
- Daily Bread Food Bank$1.5M
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$500K
- Covenant House$200K
- The Yonge Street Mission$200K
- ST Simon's Clubbehouse Shelter (city of Toronto)$50K
- Fred Victor Centre$50K
- Good Shepherd Refuge Social Ministries$50K
- Evangel Hall Mission$50K
- Seaton House (city of Toronto)$50K
- Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre$50K
- Indspire$50K
- Scott Mission$50K
- The Toronto Humane Society$25K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Norman Goldman (president and secretary); Gail Powell (director & vice-president); Lisa Scot (director & vice-president); Catherine Bainbridge (director & vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Donald Bainbridge Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 812092765RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.