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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$4,252,029
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.