Jackman Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118972520RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,023,329) as filed with the CRA.
Jackman 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 $20M in revenue and $9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 277 qualified donees totalling $7.6M in 2024, the largest being $2M to University of Toronto- Dr.eric Jackman Institute of Child. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.8M in 2020 to $20M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The jackman foundation made charitable donations to educational social welfare and arts organizations . During 2024 the foundation disbursed $8 537280 to such organizations all qualified donees non of which were associated charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $20M | $9M | — | — | $8.5M | $110.1M |
| 2023 | $12.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $926K | $99.1M |
| 2022 | $7.9M | $3.3M | — | — | $2.9M | $90M |
| 2021 | $5.4M | $4.8M | — | — | $4.4M | $97.3M |
| 2020 | $4.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.2M | $83.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7.6M to 277 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- University of Toronto- Dr.eric Jackman Institute of Child$2M
- University of Toronto- Dr.eric Jackman Institute of Child$500K
- Royal Society of Canada$500K
- Royal Society of Canada$500K
- Rekai Charitable Foundation$500K
- Psychology Foundation of Canada$500K
- Outward Bound Canada$450K
- Psychology Foundation of Canada$145K
- Trinity College School$100K
- Royal Ontario Museum Foundation$100K
- Psychology Foundation of Canada$100K
- Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston$100K
- London Goodenough Association of Canada$100K
- Glenn Gould Foundation$100K
- Confederation Centre of the Arts Foundation Inc.$100K
- Canadian Trees for Life$100K
- Art Gallery of Ontario$100K
- Canadian Chinese Society for the Arts$70K
- Royal Society of Canada$60K
- Canadian Chinese Society for the Arts$55K
- Outward Bound Canada$50K
- Order of St.john$50K
- Metropolitan United Church$50K
- Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall$50K
- University of Toronto$40K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Frederic Jackman (president); Sara Jackman (vice-chair); Thomas Jackman (trustee); Robert Jackman (trustee); Laura Mayne (secretary-treasurer); Mark Smith (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jackman Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118972520RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.