Donald William Frederick McDonald Charitable Trust
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 888759065RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-17. Split of total expenditures ($49,611) as filed with the CRA.
Donald William Frederick McDonald Charitable Trust is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending May 17, 2024, it reported $81K in revenue and $50K in expenditures.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $39K in 2024, the largest being $20K to British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $39K in 2020 to $81K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The estate of donald william mcdonald is held in perpetual trust with two charitable organizations as life tenants: cnib and the british columbia children's hospital foundation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $81K | $50K | — | — | $39K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $60K | $45K | — | — | $35K | $1M |
| 2022 | $58K | $41K | — | — | $31K | $993K |
| 2021 | $39K | $41K | — | — | $32K | $966K |
| 2020 | $39K | $41K | — | — | $32K | $966K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, May 17, 2024
- Investment income$43,585
- Other income$232
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 $39K to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Royal Trust Corporation (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Donald William Frederick McDonald Charitable Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888759065RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.