J. Douglas Wright Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 809018112RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($45,140) as filed with the CRA.
J. Douglas Wright 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 $6,880 in revenue and $45K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $18K.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $48K in 2020 to $6,880 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The Douglas Wright Foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization devoted to fighting Melanoma cancer in Canada by increasing awareness educating the public about early detection and preventative measures and fostering partnerships between like minded organizations. In 2024 the foundation again committed funds to joint projects with like minded foundations to deliver sun safe materials to the public which includes distribution of sunscreen and sun tents as well as raise awareness of sun safety. The foundation also continued to fund a grant that is awarded to individuals in the resear…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6,880 | $45K | — | $159 | $23K | $470K |
| 2023 | $146K | $56K | $34K | $21K | — | $509K |
| 2022 | $13K | $47K | — | — | — | $406K |
| 2021 | $57K | $11K | $8,768 | — | — | $448K |
| 2020 | $48K | $46K | $39K | — | — | $402K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $18K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Wright (president); Andrew Thompson (secretary); Adam Steiner (treasurer); Robert Polci (director); Darren Campbell (director); Katherine Wright (director); Alexandra Pennal (director); Michael McIsaac (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from J. Douglas Wright Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 809018112RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.