The Atkinson Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119213874RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,838,077) as filed with the CRA.
The Atkinson Charitable 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 $6M in revenue and $5.8M in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 33 qualified donees totalling $3.7M in 2024, the largest being $926K to Ontario Employment Education and Research Centre. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Grant programs and charitable activities are focused on: promoting social and economic justice including addressing poverty and improving decent work opportunities for historically and persistently excluded groups and equity-seeking groups; public education on issues related to poverty through traditional and new media vehicles; public policy research and action fellowships.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6M | $5.8M | $1.6M | — | $3.7M | $104.9M |
| 2023 | $5.9M | $5.4M | $1.5M | — | $3.4M | $94.6M |
| 2022 | -$503K | $5.3M | $1.5M | $0 | $3.3M | $89M |
| 2021 | $4M | $4.1M | $1.3M | — | $2.3M | $107.4M |
| 2020 | $4.4M | $4.6M | $1.5M | — | $2.7M | $99.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.7M to 33 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Ontario Employment Education and Research Centre$926K
- Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario$320K
- Toronto Metropolitan University$295K
- Acorn Institute Canada$263K
- Labour Community Services of Metropolitan Toronto Inc.$233K
- Toronto Association of Neighbourhood Services$190K
- The Jamaican Canadian Association$163K
- National Aboriginal Trust Officers Association$135K
- The Community Social Planning Council of Toronto$125K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$119K
- Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre (toronto)$119K
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$109K
- First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada$100K
- Daily Bread Food Bank$75K
- Ontario College of Art & Design University Universite de l'Ecole d'Art et de Design de l'Ontario$60K
- Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre$50K
- Small Change Fund$50K
- Hamilton's Centre for Civic Inclusion$50K
- Caribbean African Canadian (CAFCAN) Social Services$50K
- Building Blocks for Child Care: The Canadian Development Agency for Early Learning and Child Care Services Inc.$50K
- The Local TO Publishing$42K
- Sherbourne Health Centre Corporation$25K
- Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre$25K
- Toronto Outdoor Picture Show$20K
- Carleton University$20K
Received $2 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$968K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Annette Aquin (director & treasurer); Wendy Chan (director); Fay Faraday (board chair); Irene Gentle (director); Danyaal Raza (director); Jan Simpson (director); Pam Sugiman (director); Colette Murphy (secretary); Ana Serrano (director); Lisa Moore (director); Mark Sevestre (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Atkinson Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119213874RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.