The Capuchin Foundation
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 890839343RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,220,466) as filed with the CRA.
The Capuchin Foundation is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $409K in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 14,125 religious 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 2 qualified donees totalling $1.2M in 2024, the largest being $1.2M to Capuchins of Central Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The foundation made grants to foster vocations to the capuchin franciscan way of life within the roman catholic church. The foundation made grants to maintain and educate members of capuchins of central canada for ministry within the roman catholic church. The foundation made grants for the health care of members of capuchins of centra canada. The foundation made grants for the acquisition and maintenance of properties of capuchins of central canada
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $409K | $1.2M | — | $2,736 | $1.2M | $6.1M |
| 2023 | $268K | $305K | — | $4,613 | $300K | $6.9M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $581K | — | — | $581K | $6.9M |
| 2021 | $613K | $376K | — | $893 | $375K | $5.9M |
| 2020 | $296K | $298K | — | $4,556 | $293K | $5.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.2M to 2 qualified donees:
Received $11K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Etienne Nadonye; John Juhl (president); Arokiadoss Velanganni (secretary); John Frampton; Janusz Maron.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Capuchin Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890839343RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.