The Bickle-Wilder Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118904630RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,595,164) as filed with the CRA.
The Bickle-Wilder 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 $4.8M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 42 qualified donees totalling $1.4M in 2024, the largest being $210K to ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $4.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The charitable activities consisted of making donations to qualified donees. All donations were to charities that provide artistic social/community welfare religious or educational programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.4M | $31.9M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $1.7M | — | — | $1.4M | $28.8M |
| 2022 | -$1.9M | $1.2M | — | — | $976K | $27.8M |
| 2021 | $7M | $1M | — | — | $865K | $30.8M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $776K | — | — | $638K | $24.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.4M to 42 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$210K
- Trinity College$105K
- Upper Canada College$100K
- Second Harvest Canada$68K
- Daily Bread Food Bank$68K
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$60K
- The Salvation Army Toronto Grace Health Centre$50K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$50K
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation$50K
- Toronto East Health Network Foundation$50K
- Pine River Foundation$30K
- Visions of Science Network for Learning$30K
- Jump Math$30K
- House of Compassion of Toronto$30K
- Stepstones for Youth$30K
- Fred Victor Centre$30K
- Eva's Initiatives for Homeless Youth$30K
- Distress Centres of Greater Toronto$30K
- Boundless Adventures Association$30K
- The Safehaven Project for Community Living$25K
- The George Hull Centre for Children and Families$25K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto$25K
- Trent University$25K
- Youth Employment Services Yes$20K
- Yorktown Family Services$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Martin Abell (vice president & director); John Barford (director); Martha Helen Wilder (president & director); Virginia Leuty (secretary-treasurer); Ellen Wilder (director); Justin Vergne-Wilder (director); Geoffrey Wilson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bickle-Wilder Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118904630RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.