Honda Canada Foundation
Private foundation · Markham, Ontario · BN 852983832RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,825,615) as filed with the CRA.
Honda Canada Foundation is a private foundation based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $729K in revenue and $1.8M 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 66% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 55 qualified donees totalling $1.7M in 2024, the largest being $322K to Canadian Online Giving Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $729K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To provide support to people and organizations that focus on community the environment education traffic safety & mobility - thereby allowing honda to make a positive contribution to canadian society.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $729K | $1.8M | $19K | — | $1.7M | $9.4M |
| 2023 | $299K | $1.7M | $13K | — | $1.6M | $10.5M |
| 2022 | $218K | $1.6M | $25K | — | $1.5M | $11.9M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $2.5M | $17K | — | $2.4M | $13.3M |
| 2020 | $2M | $2.3M | $56K | — | $2.2M | $13.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.7M to 55 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$322K
- The Earth Rangers Foundation$250K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$200K
- FIRST Robotics Canada$125K
- Southlake Health Foundation$103K
- Kids Help Phone / Jeunesse J' Ecoute$100K
- Habitat for Humanity Canada/habitat pour l'Humanité Canada$100K
- Make-A-Wish Foundation of Canada$78K
- Ontario Provincial Police Youth Foundation$36K
- Regional Food Distribution Association of Northwestern Ontario$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- Gakino'amaage: Teach For Canada$20K
- Royal Canadian Legion Ont No 171 Branch Poppy Fund$20K
- Ronald McDonald House Canada / Maison Ronald McDonald Canada$15K
- The Canadian National Institute For The Blind$15K
- Dress for Success Toronto$15K
- Board of Health for the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit$12K
- Watersheds Canada$10K
- The University of British Columbia$10K
- United Way Simcoe Muskoka$10K
- Toronto Metropolitan University$10K
- Stephen's Backpacks for Children in Need Society$10K
- Simcoe County Regional Science Fair Committee$10K
- Safe Drinking Water Foundation$10K
- Queen's University at Kingston$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andy Hayashi (director); Ryan Kelly (director); Gilles Madore (direcgtor); Bob Shanks (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Honda Canada Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 852983832RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.