Externalitator Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 751188517RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,943,848) as filed with the CRA.
Externalitator 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 $1.9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,554 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 16 qualified donees totalling $1.9M in 2024, the largest being $1.7M to Clean Prosperity Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $6.5M in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Make donations to qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1 (1) on the income tax act ( canada )
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.9M | $8.7M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $847K | — | — | $840K | $9.5M |
| 2022 | -$136K | $459K | — | — | $451K | $8.9M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $499K | — | — | $492K | $9.5M |
| 2020 | $6.5M | $713K | — | — | $707K | $8.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.9M to 16 qualified donees:
- Clean Prosperity Foundation$1.7M
- Indspire$50K
- Plan International Canada Inc.$30K
- Circle Home Charity Society$29K
- Clean Economy Fund$26K
- The Royal Canadian Geographical Society$25K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$10K
- Pathways to Education Canada/Passeport pour ma réussite Canada$10K
- Ukrainian World Congress Foundation$10K
- Soulpepper Theatre Company$6,000
- International Conservation Fund of Canada Inc.$5,000
- The University of Manitoba$5,000
- Swim Drink Fish Canada$5,000
- Ontario Clean Air Alliance Research Inc.$5,000
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$2,500
- Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources Inc.$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gregory Kiessling (director); Pamela Isaak (director); Julia Kiessling (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Externalitator Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 751188517RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.