Pinball Foundation
Public foundation · Etobicoke, Ontario · BN 854809969RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,893,483) as filed with the CRA.
Pinball Foundation is a public foundation based in Etobicoke, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5M in revenue and $4.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations, 18% from government. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $520K in 2024, the largest being $500K to One Voice One Team Youth Leadership Organization. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.2M in 2020 to $5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Charitable programs include: the victory gala pinball classic christmas with the clemons and third party fundraisers. The foundation uses its funds to support and encourage marginalized youth through community outreach events and donations in support of education. Donations are directed to the education fund mentorship fund youth development fund or the greatest need. Funds are usd to provide marginalized and recialized youth with educational resources and opportunities to successfully enter the workforce gainfully employed in careers they desire.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5M | $4.9M | $2.1M | $1.5M | $1.1M | -$313K |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.6M | $1.5M | $1.1M | $862K | -$458K |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $3M | $1.2M | $244K | $1.5M | -$115K |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $2M | $415K | $19K | $1.3M | $460K |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2M | $143K | $68K | $1.5M | $324K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $520K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $1.6M from 26 charities:
- CIBC Foundation$403K
- The Northpine Foundation$325K
- RBC Foundation$250K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$167K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$75K
- The Keg Spirit Foundation$50K
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$50K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$50K
- B.O.L.T. Charitable Foundation$35K
- Jonathon D. Fischer Foundation$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Jonathon D. Fischer Foundation$25K
- The Daccord Family Foundation$25K
- Toronto Foundation$25K
- Islamic Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat of Toronto$15K
- Rutherford Family Foundation$15K
- Canada Gives$12K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$11K
- Arbor Memorial Foundation$10K
- Kingdom House Christian Centre$10K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$5,000
- Holdbest Foundation$1,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Wise Family Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$877K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Clemons (co-founder); Diane Clemons (co-founder); Selen Alpay (vice-chairman); Michael Hetherman (director); Yanique Russell (director); Rick Williams (director); Rod Black (director); Jessica Bowler (director); Alysse Anderson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pinball Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 854809969RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.