The Annual Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 810157438RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,510,756) as filed with the CRA.
The Annual 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 $12.1M in revenue and $18.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 80 qualified donees totalling $19.2M in 2024, the largest being $2M to The Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria). Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
1. 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 one or more qualified donees within the meaning of the income tax act (canada) as amended from time to time; and 2. To undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above charitable purpose.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.1M | $18.5M | — | — | $18.5M | $68.6M |
| 2023 | $12.1M | $16.3M | — | — | $16.3M | $75M |
| 2022 | $7.9M | $24.8M | — | — | $24.8M | $79.2M |
| 2021 | $9.4M | $28M | — | — | $28M | $96M |
| 2020 | $16.8M | $18.2M | — | — | $18.2M | $114.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $19.2M to 80 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria)$2M
- David McAntony Gibson Foundation$2M
- Power to Give Foundation$1.3M
- Power to Be Adventure Therapy Society$1M
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada$1M
- West Coast Multiplex Society$750K
- Jays CARE Foundation$750K
- Canadian Coastal Research Society$600K
- Pacific Wild Alliance$550K
- Helicopters Without Borders$500K
- Nuxalk Nation$500K
- David McAntony Gibson Foundation$500K
- Special Olympics Canada$310K
- Y.e.s.s.: Youth Emergency Shelter Society of Edmonton$255K
- Wuikinuxv Nation$250K
- Onakawana Education Fund$230K
- Cultivate Canada Society$225K
- Smithers Skate Park Society$200K
- Awinakola Foundation$200K
- Winnipeg Regional Health Authority$200K
- Toronto Metropolitan University$200K
- Human-Nature Counselling Society$195K
- QQS (eyes) Projects Society$195K
- Community First Foundation$180K
- Makeway Charitable Society$180K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lisa Rogers (chair and president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Annual Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 810157438RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.