Pollock Family Foundation/Fondation de la famille pollock
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 890676174RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,279,096) as filed with the CRA.
Pollock Family Foundation/Fondation de la famille pollock is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $5.1M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 26 qualified donees totalling $2.3M in 2024, the largest being $1M to North Hatley (registered Municipality). Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $18.1M in 2020 to $5.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation maintains funds of which the principal and income therefrom is used for charitable purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.1M | $2.3M | — | — | $2.3M | $44.3M |
| 2023 | -$4.3M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.5M | $41.5M |
| 2022 | $7.1M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.4M | $47.2M |
| 2021 | $4.4M | $1M | — | — | $1M | $41.5M |
| 2020 | $18.1M | $746K | $5,000 | — | $709K | $38.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.3M to 26 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- North Hatley (registered Municipality)$1M
- ErinoakKids Centre for Treatment and Development$250K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$200K
- The Children's Breakfast Clubs$200K
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$175K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$100K
- Daytrippers Children's Charity$100K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$40K
- Daytrippers Children's Charity$31K
- La Fabrique de la Paroisse de Sainte-Elisabeth$25K
- Grace Village Care Foundation$25K
- The Canada Ireland Foundation$25K
- Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko$10K
- Canadian Cancer Society$10K
- Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board$10K
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$10K
- The Quebec Lodge Foundation$10K
- Theatre Piggery Inc -Piggery Theatre Inc$7,500
- Fondation Habilitas Habilitas Foundation$5,000
- The Royal Ontario Museum Foundation$5,000
- ST. Clement's School$5,000
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation$5,000
- The Ottawa Hospital Foundation/la Fondation de l'Hopital d'Ottawa$5,000
- Sinai Health Foundation$5,000
- The Ottawa Food Bank/la Banque d'Alimentation d'Ottawa$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sam Pollock (director); Rachel Pollock (director); Mary Pollock (director); Krista Matheson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pollock Family Foundation/Fondation de la famille pollock’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890676174RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.