The Charles & Florence Martin Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 846217925RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($178,399) as filed with the CRA.
The Charles & Florence Martin 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 $231K in revenue and $178K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $136K in 2024, the largest being $22K to Niagara Foundation for Family and Children Services. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $99K in 2020 to $231K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The foundation will be a granting foundation providing contributions to qualified donees primarily in the niagara region of ontario within the limits of the trust indenture.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $231K | $178K | — | — | $136K | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $195K | $189K | — | — | $149K | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $204K | $150K | — | — | $109K | $2.9M |
| 2021 | $253K | $163K | — | — | $121K | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $99K | $142K | — | — | $101K | $3.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $136K to 15 qualified donees:
- Niagara Foundation for Family and Children Services$22K
- The Dorothy Ley Hospice$16K
- Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Foundation$12K
- Hospice Niagara$12K
- Alongside Hope Auprès de l'espoir$10K
- The Synod of the Diocese of Niagara$8,600
- The Synod of the Diocese of Niagara$8,600
- Cancer Assistance Program of Hamilton$8,600
- West Niagara Palliative CARE Services$8,000
- Grimsby Historical Society$7,000
- Grimsby Museum$5,200
- McNally House Hospice$5,000
- Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation$5,000
- United Way Niagara$5,000
- Nelles Manor Heritage House$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scotiatrust (trustees).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Charles & Florence Martin Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846217925RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.