Sprout Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 784232753RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($201,305) as filed with the CRA.
Sprout 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 $6.5M in revenue and $201K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $6.3M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $166K in 2024, the largest being $55K to Writers' Trust of Canada/societe d'Encouragement aux Ecrivains du Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2024–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.5M | $201K | — | — | $166K | $6.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $166K to 4 qualified donees:
- Writers' Trust of Canada/societe d'Encouragement aux Ecrivains du Canada$55K
- University of Manchester$54K
- Polar Bears International (canada) Inc.$50K
- Gilda's Club Greater Toronto$6,500
Received $6.3M from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lorraine Greey (director); Meredith Greey (director); Alison Greey (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sprout Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 784232753RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.