Jilla & Robert Williams Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 858770415RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($908,322) as filed with the CRA.
Jilla & Robert Williams Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $908K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from other charities.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 21 qualified donees totalling $644K in 2024, the largest being $100K to ST. Joseph's Health Centre Foundation of Toronto. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2.6M in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The charity operates as a private foundation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $908K | — | — | $644K | $15.8M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $1M | — | — | $484K | $15.6M |
| 2022 | $985K | $582K | — | — | $435K | $14.2M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $204K | — | — | $141K | $13.8M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $152K | — | — | $150K | $11.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, February 28, 2024
- Other income$533,018
- Investment income$387,447
- From other charities$150,015
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 $644K to 21 qualified donees:
- ST. Joseph's Health Centre Foundation of Toronto$100K
- ST. Andrew's College Foundation$100K
- Belmont House Foundation$100K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$80K
- Chapel & York Canada Foundation$50K
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$20K
- Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area$20K
- Engage and Change$20K
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$20K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$20K
- Second Harvest Canada$20K
- Medical Ministry International$20K
- CNIB Foundation$15K
- Headwaters Health CARE Foundation$15K
- Good Shepherd Refuge Social Ministries$10K
- The Havergal College Foundation$10K
- Covenant House Toronto$10K
- TUFF Therapeutic Riding Foundation$5,000
- Jane/finch Community and Family Centre$5,000
- Open Studio$3,000
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Olinda$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
J. Nicholas Ross (director); Robert Williams (director); Nancy Garrow (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jilla & Robert Williams Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 858770415RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.