John and Myrna Daniels Foundation
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 818491722RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,053,418) as filed with the CRA.
John and Myrna Daniels Foundation is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $8.5M in revenue and $15.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $480.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $16.3M in 2023, the largest being $12.4M to UHN Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $46.7M in 2020 to $8.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The charity donates funds to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.5M | $15.1M | — | — | $15M | $218.3M |
| 2023 | $143.8M | $16.3M | — | — | $16.3M | $224.9M |
| 2022 | $10.1M | $7.7M | — | — | $7.7M | $97.5M |
| 2021 | $11.9M | $9.7M | — | — | $9.6M | $95M |
| 2020 | $46.7M | $7.8M | — | — | $7.8M | $92.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $16.3M to 6 qualified donees:
- UHN Foundation$12.4M
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$1.4M
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$1M
- Columbia University$839K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$500K
- The George Brown College Foundation$160K
Received $480 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Ronald Daniels (executive director); Peter Chilibeck (executive director); Joanne Rosen (executive director); Samir Manji (executive director); Guy Whitfield (executive director); Janice Gross Stein (executive director); George Triantis (executive director); Arthur Ripstein (executive director); Edward Iacobucci (executive director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from John and Myrna Daniels Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 818491722RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.