McMaster University Trust in the Estate of Helen E Britton
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 878566546RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($109,482) as filed with the CRA.
McMaster University Trust in the Estate of Helen E Britton 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 $154K in revenue and $109K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% 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 1 qualified donee totalling $90K in 2024, the largest being $90K to McMaster University. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Income from investments paid out as endowment
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $154K | $109K | — | — | $90K | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $142K | $94K | — | — | $74K | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $121K | $82K | — | — | $63K | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $109K | $123K | — | — | $106K | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $138K | $20K | — | — | — | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $90K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bank of Nova Scotia Trust CO (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from McMaster University Trust in the Estate of Helen E Britton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 878566546RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.