The Brenda Simpson Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 778750687RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($70,586) as filed with the CRA.
The Brenda Simpson 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 $68K in revenue and $71K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $50K.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $70K in 2024, the largest being $26K to United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $27K in 2020 to $68K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation receives and maintains funds and applies all or part of the principal and income therefrom to charitable organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $68K | $71K | — | — | $70K | $634K |
| 2023 | $213K | $57K | — | — | $57K | $636K |
| 2022 | $10K | $26K | — | — | $26K | $480K |
| 2021 | $4,841 | $18K | — | — | $18K | $496K |
| 2020 | $27K | $18K | — | — | $18K | $508K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $70K to 8 qualified donees:
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$26K
- William Osler Health System Foundation$13K
- Sinai Health Foundation$13K
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$10K
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$5,000
- Ne'eman Foundation Canada$1,800
- Moral Arc Foundation$1,600
- Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation/fondation Canadienne de l'Hopital Shaare Zedek$1,000
Received $50K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amanda Medjuck (trustee); Andrew Medjuck (trustee); Brenda Simpson (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Brenda Simpson Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 778750687RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.