The Birch Island Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 703793711RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($177,443) as filed with the CRA.
The Birch Island 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 $108K in revenue and $177K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 18 qualified donees totalling $169K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Merit Award Bursary Program Incorporated. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $14K in 2020 to $108K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Advancement of education the advancement of religion the relief of poverty and other purposes beneficial to the community as a whole through donations to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $108K | $177K | — | — | $169K | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $114K | — | — | $108K | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $357K | $108K | — | — | $103K | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $357K | $108K | — | — | $103K | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $14K | $86K | — | — | $77K | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $169K to 18 qualified donees:
- Merit Award Bursary Program Incorporated$25K
- The Royal Canadian Geographical Society$25K
- The National Ballet of Canada/le Ballet National du Canada$25K
- The Creemore Community Foundation$20K
- Crow's Theatre$20K
- Loran Scholars Foundation$10K
- Majengo Canada$10K
- The Georgian Bay Trust Foundation Inc$5,000
- Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy Inc.$5,000
- Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care$5,000
- Eastview Community Centre$5,000
- Georgian Bay Forever$5,000
- Rosedale United Church$2,500
- Shaw Festival Theatre Canada$1,500
- The Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada$1,500
- Aurea Foundation$1,500
- Orangeville Food Bank : Caring for the Community$1,000
- The Bruce Trail Conservancy$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Matthews (trustee); Susan Matthews (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Birch Island Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 703793711RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.