The Bedolfe Foundation
Private foundation · Etobicoke, Ontario · BN 889777546RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,309,629) as filed with the CRA.
The Bedolfe Foundation is a private foundation based in Etobicoke, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% 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 31% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 24 qualified donees totalling $1M in 2024, the largest being $65K to Daily Bread Food Bank. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $879K in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The private charitable foundation was created by the late wallace v. Bedolfe to support charitable organizations selected by the trustees which are qualified donees under the income tax act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.3M | — | — | $1M | $10.6M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | — | $994K | $9.9M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $911K | — | — | $658K | $9.7M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $822K | — | — | $590K | $9.3M |
| 2020 | $879K | $756K | — | — | $550K | $8.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1M to 24 qualified donees:
- Daily Bread Food Bank$65K
- Second Harvest Canada$65K
- Campfire Circle Autour du Feu$65K
- Hope Air$65K
- Manna Food Bank of Bracebridge Inc$64K
- See You in Canadian Athletes Fund Inc.$64K
- Caledon Community Services$60K
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$55K
- Waterstone Foundation$50K
- Boundless Adventures Association$50K
- Operation Springboard$50K
- Toronto And Region Conservation Foundation$45K
- Etobicoke Humane Society$45K
- Youth Without Shelter Terra House North Toronto Emergency Residence and Referral Agency$45K
- Good Shepherd Refuge Social Ministries$35K
- Hospice Toronto$30K
- The Santa Croce Foundation$27K
- Serra Foundation of Canada$26K
- Sharelife$25K
- Toronto Operetta Theatre$25K
- The Good Neighbours' Club$25K
- Pine River Institute$15K
- Sarcoma Cancer Foundation of Canada$13K
- Passionist Missions (canada)$12K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lisa Saunders (trustee); Robert Saunders (trustee); Gary Weddel (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bedolfe Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889777546RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.