The 1949 Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 791534118RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-15. Split of total expenditures ($2,599,041) as filed with the CRA.
The 1949 Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending October 15, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% 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 81% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 47 qualified donees totalling $2.5M in 2024, the largest being $1.1M to Scott Mission. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The organization receives and maintains a fund or funds and applies all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to charitable organizations that are registered charities under the income tax act (canada).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.6M | — | — | $2.5M | $4.8M |
| 2023 | $124K | $913K | — | — | $881K | $5.2M |
| 2022 | $4.1M | $2.4M | — | — | $2.3M | $6M |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $689K | — | — | $674K | $4.3M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $285K | — | — | $251K | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.5M to 47 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Scott Mission$1.1M
- Horizon Empowers Canada$895K
- Atwell Centre: Pregnancy Options Support$100K
- Hope Oakville (living in the Light)$50K
- Scott Mission$50K
- UHN Foundation$50K
- Guidelight (justin Reimer)$40K
- Atwell Centre: Pregnancy Options Support$25K
- Western University (men's Rowing Coach Fund)$25K
- ST. Joseph's Health Centre Foundation of Toronto$25K
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$25K
- The Keg Spirit Foundation$20K
- Toronto Youth for Christ$15K
- Pregnancy Care Centre & Infant Food Bank$10K
- Shifra Homes Inc.$10K
- Spartan Foundation$10K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$10K
- Crossroads Christian Communications Incorporated$5,000
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$5,000
- Covenant House$5,000
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$5,000
- The Dorothy Ley Hospice$5,000
- Drayton Theatres Inc$5,000
- Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation$5,000
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Duncan (junior) Macgregor (director); Sandee Macgregor (director); Duncan (senior) Macgregor (director); Susan Macgregor (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The 1949 Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 791534118RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.