The Bruce H. Mitchell Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 806425104RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,614,861) as filed with the CRA.
The Bruce H. Mitchell 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 $66.1M in revenue and $11.6M in expenditures.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 26 qualified donees totalling $11.5M in 2024, the largest being $7M to Queen's University at Kingston. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $17.2M in 2020 to $66.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
1. To receive and maintain a fund or funds and from time to time to apply all or part of the income and/or capital therefrom to qualified donees as such term is defined in the income tax act (canada) as amended from time to time; and 2. To do all such other lawful things as may be indidental and ancillary to carrying out the foregoing purposes
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $66.1M | $11.6M | — | — | $11.6M | $310.2M |
| 2023 | $89.2M | $11.1M | — | — | $9M | $255.7M |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $33.5M | — | — | $10M | $177.5M |
| 2021 | $41.2M | $3.3M | — | — | $3.3M | $207.8M |
| 2020 | $17.2M | $3.2M | — | — | $3.2M | $169.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $11.5M to 26 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Queen's University at Kingston$7M
- Chapel & York Canada Foundation$1.3M
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$1.1M
- Ridley College$1M
- Golf Canada Foundation$250K
- Harvard University$150K
- The Ridley College Foundation$110K
- Pathways to Education Canada/Passeport pour ma réussite Canada$100K
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$100K
- Loran Scholars Foundation$50K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$50K
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research$50K
- West Park Healthcare Centre Foundation$40K
- Urban squash Toronto$25K
- Toronto East Health Network Foundation$25K
- Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy$20K
- The Yonge Street Mission$10K
- Scott Mission$10K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$10K
- The Neuchatel Junior College Fund$10K
- Caritas School of Life$10K
- Arthritis Research Foundation$10K
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Canada Société Canadienne de la Sclérose Latérale Amyotrophique$10K
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$5,002
- McDermott House Canada Maison McDermott Canada$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bruce Mitchell (director and chair); Vladka Mitchell (director and secretary); Carla Elsnor (director and treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bruce H. Mitchell Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 806425104RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.