Laidlaw Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107589913RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,749,203) as filed with the CRA.
Laidlaw Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $11.9M in revenue and $5.7M in expenditures.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 43 qualified donees totalling $2.4M in 2024, the largest being $500K to Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7.6M in 2020 to $11.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Indigenous youth and community futures fund: a grant stream that support grassroots community-based and indigenous youth-led and benefiting groups focused on the land learning and culture and language retention. - youth action fund: supports young people impacted by the justice education and child welfare systems. This grant program targets youth-led initiatives that engages youth their families communities and policy makers. It invests in innovative ideas and convening to support better outcomes for youth in these systems. Research and convening: invest in a range of research and po…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.9M | $5.7M | — | — | $3.7M | $82.1M |
| 2023 | $12.4M | $5.6M | $1.1M | — | $3.8M | $76M |
| 2022 | -$9.9M | $6.4M | $1.8M | — | $3.9M | $69.2M |
| 2021 | $12.7M | $6.3M | $2.7M | — | $2.9M | $85.5M |
| 2020 | $7.6M | $6.1M | $2.3M | — | $3.2M | $79.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.4M to 43 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund$500K
- The Calgary Foundation$500K
- Eshkiniigjik Naandwechigegamig Aabiish Gaa Binjibaaying - ENAGB Youth Program$133K
- Youth Association for Academics Athletics and Character Ed$105K
- Unity Charity$103K
- Power to Girls Foundation$101K
- Tno - the Neighbourhood Organization$101K
- Caribbean African Canadian (CAFCAN) Social Services$101K
- Ardoch Algonquin First Nation$101K
- Toronto Metropolitan University$100K
- Think 2wice International$100K
- Finding Our Power Together$62K
- Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre$31K
- Batchewana First Nation Reserve$31K
- Community Safety Initiatives Thunder Bay$31K
- Waabinong Head Start Family Resource Centre$31K
- Georgian Bay Mnidoo Gamii Biosphere$31K
- Brunswick House First Nation$31K
- M'Wikwedong Native Cultural Resource Centre$31K
- Partners in Mission Food Bank$20K
- Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre$15K
- 360Kids Support Services$13K
- The Breach$10K
- The Royal Conservatory of Music$10K
- Peacebuilders International (canada)$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$794K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathryn Simmers (director); Polina Kosareva (director); Menaka Yerramilli (director); Tim Apgar (director); Randy Steuart (director); Christopher McFarlane (director); Jesse Waugh (director); Benjamin Mitsuk (vice chair); Janine Manning (director); Sandra Kagango (director); Julia Laidlaw (director); Paul Nagpal (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Laidlaw Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107589913RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.