Make-A-Wish Legacy Foundation
Public foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 895269173RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($0) as filed with the CRA.
Make-A-Wish Legacy Foundation is a public foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $0 in revenue and $0 in expenditures.
In 2024, 53 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $413K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The Charity’s primary charitable purpose is to receive any bequests in wills or trusts that were intended for one of its corporate predecessors and to transfer those gifts to Make-A-Wish Foundation of Canada (CNCA Entity) a qualified donee (charitable registration no. 881291918 RR 0001).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2023 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $24.6M | $26.2M | $14.3M | $7.1M | — | $37.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $413K from 53 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$102K
- Canadahelps Canadon$102K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$88K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$15K
- Fonds de Bienfaisance des employés de Bombardier/The Bombardier Employee Charity Fund$10K
- The George Koutroubis Charitable Foundation$10K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$8,964
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$8,322
- Gary & Maxie Bluestein Charitable Foundation$8,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$7,140
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$5,483
- United Way of Greater Toronto$4,722
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,299
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$3,100
- Whitestone Foundation Inc.$3,000
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$2,515
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,337
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,138
- Redpoll Foundation$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,544
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,458
- York Catholic District School Board$1,390
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,337
- Fondation Desjardins$1,306
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$9.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Meaghan Stovel McKnight (chair); Timothy Deweerd (secretary & treasurer); Christie Buono (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Make-A-Wish Legacy Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895269173RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.