Gillespie Family Foundation
Private foundation · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 819920075RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($306,747) as filed with the CRA.
Gillespie Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $29K in revenue and $307K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $302K in 2024, the largest being $110K to The Governing Council of the University of Toronto. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $50K in 2020 to $29K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is to receive and maintain funds to be applied for the benefit of other charitable organizations in canada. Funding was provided to various qualified donees during the year.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $29K | $307K | — | — | $302K | $460K |
| 2023 | $7M | $52K | — | — | $51K | $737K |
| 2022 | $128K | $50K | — | — | $48K | $86K |
| 2021 | — | $47K | — | — | $46K | $8,689 |
| 2020 | $50K | $48K | — | — | $47K | $56K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $302K to 16 qualified donees:
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$110K
- The Toronto Symphony$60K
- The Royal Ontario Museum Foundation$55K
- Trillium Health Partners Foundation$50K
- United Way$10K
- Trillium Health Partners Foundation$6,000
- Parkinson Canada Inc.$2,500
- youthLEADarts Inc.$2,000
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation$2,000
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$1,000
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$1,000
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$500
- Alzheimer Society of Canada$500
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario$500
- Campfire Circle Autour du Feu$500
- Easter Seals Canada Timbres de Pâques Canada$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Irene Gileepie (president); Margaret Gillespie (vice-president); Susan Wright (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gillespie Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819920075RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.