Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 802678748RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($35,272,532) as filed with the CRA.
Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $84M in revenue and $35.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $187K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8,161 qualified donees totalling $32.9M in 2024, the largest being $571K to ST. Clement's School. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $48M in 2020 to $84M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation was created to seek sources of gifts to fund a program of grantmaking to qualified donees other than private foundations. It is dedicated to helping donors increase and sustain their charitable giving to qualified organizations across the country.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $84M | $35.3M | $25K | — | $32.9M | $520.7M |
| 2023 | $67.3M | $32.9M | $25K | — | $30.9M | $437.5M |
| 2022 | $49.3M | $33.1M | $24K | — | $31.3M | $380.3M |
| 2021 | $90.4M | $24.1M | $23K | — | $22.3M | $410.7M |
| 2020 | $48M | $22.7M | $21K | — | $21.4M | $336.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $32.9M to 8,161 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- ST. Clement's School$571K
- Aid to the Church in Need (Canada) Inc.$500K
- BenefAction Foundation$298K
- BenefAction Foundation$240K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$225K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$222K
- West Park Baptist Church$208K
- Scholarship/Bursary for Indigenous Students in the Neuland Settlement Region of the Chaco of Paraguay (SBISNSRCP)$201K
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$172K
- BenefAction Foundation$157K
- Niagara Warehouse of Hope$150K
- District of Kenora Home for the Aged$150K
- Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal/montreal Heart Institute Foundation$146K
- Fondation du Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal$146K
- St. Mary's Hospital Foundation$146K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$124K
- BenefAction Foundation$121K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$116K
- Wells of Hope International Development Inc.$115K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$113K
- Doctors Nova Scotia Healthy Tomorrow Foundation$110K
- Collège Bourget$100K
- Wells of Hope International Development Inc.$100K
- Twin Rivers Health CARE Foundation Inc$99K
- Brightshores Health System Saugeen Shores Hospital Foundation$96K
Received $187K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Irish (director); Derrick Strizic (director); Herman Facchinelli (treasurer); Nicholas Westlind (director and chair); Marilyn Smolsky (director); Joanna Barsky (vice-president); Gurmeet Jolly (president); Daehyun (Danny) Yeo (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 802678748RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.