Judy and Wilmot Matthews Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 816748388RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,230,965) as filed with the CRA.
Judy and Wilmot Matthews 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 $1.1M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $34K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $3.1M in 2024, the largest being $1.5M to UHN Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $3.1M in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To provide funding to qualified donees to provide a public amenity by establishing administering and maintaining a multi-use public and recreational space facilities in the greater toronto area; to provide a public amenity by establishing and maintaining a park in the greater toronto area; to organize and participate in environmental projects designated to improve the urban environment
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $3.2M | — | — | $3.1M | $17.2M |
| 2023 | $13.9M | $6.3M | — | — | $6.1M | $19.3M |
| 2022 | $10.8M | $13.7M | — | — | $13.6M | $11.7M |
| 2021 | $8.7M | $4.9M | — | — | $4.8M | $14.5M |
| 2020 | $3.1M | $6.9M | — | — | $6.9M | $10.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.1M to 9 qualified donees:
- UHN Foundation$1.5M
- The Bentway Conservancy$705K
- Loran Scholars Foundation$400K
- Ontario College of Art & Design University Universite de l'Ecole d'Art et de Design de l'Ontario$200K
- Crow's Theatre$150K
- The Royal Conservatory of Music$50K
- The Theatre Museum Corporation$50K
- Council for Canadian American Relations$35K
- Institute for Canadian Citizenship$20K
Received $34K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Judy Matthews (director); Wilmot Matthews (director); Tom McCullough (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Judy and Wilmot Matthews Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 816748388RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.