The Canadian Lyford Cay Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119219301RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,484,952) as filed with the CRA.
The Canadian Lyford Cay Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.7M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $323K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $8.3M in 2020 to $4.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The Foundation is registered as a Charitable Organization as defined in section 149.1 of the Income Tax Act (Canada) and is therefore exempt from income taxes. The Foundation carries out charitable activities through the following purposes: • to advance the education of Bahamian residents including through the provision of scholarships bursaries awards and other forms of financial assistance to attend educational institutions (including post-secondary education institutions) whether in Canada or elsewhere; • to relieve poverty by providing necessities of life including food clean water …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.7M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $26.8M |
| 2023 | $3M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $23.7M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $22.3M |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $874K | $787K | — | — | $22.5M |
| 2020 | $8.3M | $5M | $4.9M | — | — | $18.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $323K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bruno Meier (vice chair); Catharina Birchall (vice chair); Gregory Nihon (treasurer); Barbara Ann Bernard (director); Deborah Chant (director); Brendan Dunn (director); Ross McDonald (director); Martha Rogers (director); Patricia Thomson Leonard (director); Tyler Proud (director); Mary Filipelli-Hall (chair); Nicola Virgill-Rolle (secretary); Michael Sifton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Canadian Lyford Cay Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119219301RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.