Monsignor Gerard Breen Charitable Trust
Public foundation · Whitby, Ontario · BN 863790051RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,818) as filed with the CRA.
Monsignor Gerard Breen Charitable Trust is a public foundation based in Whitby, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5,906 in revenue and $3,818 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $3,788 in 2024, the largest being $1,380 to Knights of Columbus Ontario Charity Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Catholic missions catholic seminary catholic charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5,906 | $3,818 | — | — | $3,788 | $2,720 |
| 2023 | $6,504 | $6,449 | — | — | $6,379 | $632 |
| 2022 | $3,988 | $6,093 | — | — | $6,063 | $577 |
| 2021 | $3,377 | $2,950 | — | — | $2,920 | $2,682 |
| 2020 | $4,944 | $5,158 | — | — | $5,128 | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,788 to 4 qualified donees:
- Knights of Columbus Ontario Charity Foundation$1,380
- Chalice (Canada)$1,008
- Catholic Missions in Canada$1,000
- Durham Catholic District School Board$400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lindsey Morillo (president); Martin Kerstens (recorder); John Macalister (treasurer); Robert Fitzgibbon (trustee); Diethard Polzi (trustee); Tom Donnelly (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Monsignor Gerard Breen Charitable Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863790051RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.