MLSE Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 896114048RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($15,217,996) as filed with the CRA.
MLSE Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $16.2M in revenue and $15.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $831K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 59 qualified donees totalling $7.7M in 2024, the largest being $4.6M to Youth Centre for Sports Development. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The main aim of the foundation is to support the restoration refurbishment and ongoing development of athletic community and recreational facilities providing a safer environment for youth activities and to make charitable distributions in the form of grants sponsorships and gifts-in-kind to registered charities in the province of ontario.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16.2M | $15.2M | $1.3M | $5.5M | $8.3M | $7.9M |
| 2023 | $13.7M | $12.9M | $838K | $4.8M | $7.2M | $7M |
| 2022 | $10.8M | $10.2M | $376K | $3.7M | $6M | $6.1M |
| 2021 | $10.8M | $9.1M | $142K | $3.9M | $4.8M | $5.5M |
| 2020 | $13.3M | $13.1M | $114K | $4.1M | $8.7M | $3.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7.7M to 59 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Youth Centre for Sports Development$4.6M
- City of Toronto$736K
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation$270K
- The Calgary Foundation$250K
- Eshkiniigjik Naandwechigegamig Aabiish Gaa Binjibaaying - ENAGB Youth Program$250K
- Right to Play International$125K
- Crescent Village Trust$106K
- The Remix Project$100K
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$100K
- Girls Forward Foundation$60K
- Sketch Working Arts for Street Involved and Homeless Youth$50K
- Girls Incorporated of Limestone Algonquin and Lakeshore$50K
- Eva's Initiatives for Homeless Youth$50K
- Eelunaapeewi Lahkeewiit (delware Nation)$50K
- Canada Skateboard$50K
- Canada Basketball$50K
- Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services$50K
- Vibe Arts$40K
- Camda Sports Foundation Canada$40K
- Charity Intelligence Canada$33K
- Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers$30K
- Adventure4Change$30K
- Hockey Equality$30K
- The 519 Church Street Community Centre$29K
- TUFF Therapeutic Riding Foundation$25K
Received $831K from 13 charities:
- Northern Legacy Foundation$500K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$272K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$27K
- TD Securities Underwriting Hope Fund$7,500
- Proaction Cops & Kids$5,732
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,001
- Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation$5,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$4,059
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,500
- WCPD Foundation$2,000
- THE BRETTLER/Mintz Foundation$100
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$44
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$391K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aris Kaplanis (chairman); Joel Rose (director); Vijay Jeet Kanwar (director); Freda Colbourne (director); Chris Morley (director); Drew Abbot (director); Cliff Grevler (director); Fiona Obrien (director); Jason Badal (director); Julien Masson (treasurer); Darren Kirkwood (secretary); Tanya Mruck (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from MLSE Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896114048RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.