The Brenton Wood Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 826667032RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,474,391) as filed with the CRA.
The Brenton Wood 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 $3.3M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% 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 86% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $1.5M in 2024, the largest being $1.2M to Mount Allison University. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.5M | $31.9M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.3M | $33.8M |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $521K | — | — | $515K | $24.1M |
| 2021 | $9.6M | $423K | — | — | $410K | $26.8M |
| 2020 | $4.9M | $556K | — | — | $550K | $14.8M |
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$2,036,334
- Receipted donations$1,000,000
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 $1.5M to 5 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Brenton (trustee); Kerry Wood (president & trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Brenton Wood Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 826667032RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.