John Bright Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 891327744RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($806,140) as filed with the CRA.
John Bright Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $806K in expenditures.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $695K in 2024, the largest being $165K to Children's Aid Foundation Ontario. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To provide funding to various charitable organizations for the purpose of aiding needy orphans in obtaining post-secondary education providing food and shelter for the homeless of ontario and supporting medical research to enhance treatment of disease.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $806K | — | — | $695K | $16.6M |
| 2023 | -$1.9M | $782K | — | — | $665K | $15.4M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $670K | — | — | $550K | $18.1M |
| 2021 | $5.2M | $622K | — | — | $525K | $17.1M |
| 2020 | -$1.4M | $637K | — | — | $513K | $12.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $695K to 5 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marvin Singer (secretary); William Lee (president and treasurer); Elizabeth Lee (vice president); Lisa Saunders (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from John Bright Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891327744RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.