J.P. Bickell Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118975820RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,252,904) as filed with the CRA.
J.P. Bickell 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 $9.2M in revenue and $10.3M 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 43% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 292 qualified donees totalling $7.3M in 2024, the largest being $85K to Canadian Mineral Industry Education Foundation/fondation de l'Industrie Miniere Canadienne pour l'Education. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.2M in 2020 to $9.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
To provide financial assistance to general charities in ontario. See attached list of qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.2M | $10.3M | $14K | — | $8.6M | $182.3M |
| 2023 | $10.7M | $9.7M | $5,700 | — | $8.7M | $176.3M |
| 2022 | $4.5M | $6.9M | — | — | $5.9M | $167M |
| 2021 | $32.2M | $7.6M | — | — | $5.3M | $186.3M |
| 2020 | $5.2M | $4.7M | — | — | $4.1M | $166.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7.3M to 292 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Canadian Mineral Industry Education Foundation/fondation de l'Industrie Miniere Canadienne pour l'Education$85K
- The O. E. Walli Foundation$80K
- Kingston General Health$80K
- McMaster University$80K
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute Inc./institut de Recherche de l'Hopital pour Enfants de l'Est Inc.$80K
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute/Institut de recherche de l'hopital d'Ottawa$80K
- Second Harvest Canada$75K
- Toronto East Health Network Foundation$75K
- Second Harvest Canada$75K
- Toronto East Health Network Foundation$75K
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$70K
- Toronto Metropolitan University$70K
- Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corp. (m.res)$70K
- Scarborough Health Network$70K
- Unity Health Toronto$70K
- Queen's University at Kingston$70K
- UHN Foundation$68K
- Humanity First$60K
- Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area$60K
- The Royal Conservatory of Music$60K
- Humanity First$60K
- Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area$60K
- The Royal Conservatory of Music$60K
- Bethell Hospice Foundation$56K
- Bethell Hospice Foundation$56K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bank of Nova Scotia Trust CO (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from J.P. Bickell Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118975820RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.