Pitblado Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 888918265RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($154,897) as filed with the CRA.
Pitblado Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $132K in revenue and $155K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $130K in 2024, the largest being $15K to Arts Umbrella Association. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Receiving and managing funds for the exclusive purpose of making gifts to other registered 'qualified donees' primarily in toronto including festivals theaters hospitals and other selected community causes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $132K | $155K | — | — | $13K | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $136K | $146K | — | — | $123K | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $120K | $138K | — | — | $115K | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $68K | $133K | — | — | $113K | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $100K | $136K | — | — | $116K | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $130K to 14 qualified donees:
- Arts Umbrella Association$15K
- Kawartha Land Trust$13K
- The Canadian Canoe Museum$10K
- Kids Help Phone / Jeunesse J' Ecoute$10K
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$10K
- Right To Food$10K
- Soulpepper Theatre Company$10K
- Crow's Theatre$10K
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$10K
- Stratford Festival$10K
- Dreamwalker Dance Company$7,500
- The Toronto Public Library Foundation$5,000
- Hot Docs$5,000
- Writers' Trust of Canada/societe d'Encouragement aux Ecrivains du Canada$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wendy Pitblado (president); James Pitblado (director); Sandra Pitblado (director); Diane Pitblado (director); James Pitblado (director); John Pitblado (director); Katherine Pitblado (director); Caitilin Pitblado (director); Edward Beqaj (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pitblado Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888918265RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.