Gordon Butler Bequest
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 815700026RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($489,549) as filed with the CRA.
Gordon Butler Bequest is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $496K in revenue and $490K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 22 qualified donees totalling $466K in 2024, the largest being $70K to The Health CARE Foundation of ST. John's Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $324K in 2020 to $496K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The annual net income generated from investments held in the estate is to be disbursed to the charities named in the will of the late gordon butler.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $496K | $490K | — | — | $466K | $10.5M |
| 2023 | $689K | $520K | — | — | $497K | $9.8M |
| 2022 | $467K | $367K | — | — | $347K | $9.4M |
| 2021 | $726K | $353K | — | — | $336K | $10.6M |
| 2020 | $324K | $333K | — | — | $315K | $9.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$386,784
- Other income$1,793
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 $466K to 22 qualified donees:
- The Health CARE Foundation of ST. John's Inc.$70K
- The Janeway Children's Hospital Foundation$41K
- The Health CARE Foundation of ST. John's Inc.$41K
- Gower Street Pastoral Charge$41K
- The Health CARE Foundation of ST. John's Inc.$41K
- Canadian Mental Health Association Newfoundland Division$14K
- Canadian Lung Association - Association Pulmonaire du Canada$14K
- The Canadian National Institute For The Blind$14K
- The Boys and Girls Clubs of St. John's Inc.$14K
- Canadian Cancer Society$14K
- Cystic Fibrosis Canada / Fibrose Kystique Canada$14K
- YMCA of Northeast Avalon Inc.$14K
- SeedChange Foundation$14K
- Plan International Canada Inc.$14K
- Inclusion Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.$14K
- Easter Seals Newfoundland And Labrador Inc.$14K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$14K
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$14K
- MS Canada SP Canada$14K
- Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada$14K
- The United Church of Canada$14K
- Arthritis Society Canada$14K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scotiatrust.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gordon Butler Bequest’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815700026RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.