The Charles Norcliffe Baker and Thelma Scott Baker Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 891858649RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($359,934) as filed with the CRA.
The Charles Norcliffe Baker and Thelma Scott Baker 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 $528K in revenue and $360K 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 32% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 41 qualified donees totalling $276K in 2024, the largest being $85K to United Way of Greater Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $193K in 2020 to $528K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $528K | $360K | — | — | $276K | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $327K | $308K | — | — | $250K | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $278K | $304K | — | — | $246K | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $274K | $302K | — | — | $245K | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $193K | $276K | — | — | $216K | $3.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $276K to 41 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$85K
- Act Studio Works Inc.$15K
- Universal Outreach Foundation$15K
- Collingwood Climate Action Team$10K
- Primate World Relief & Dev Fund$10K
- Canada-Ukraine Foundation$10K
- Silent Voice Canada$10K
- ST. Joseph's Health Centre$10K
- The Canadian Red Cross$5,000
- Cap Networks Inc.$5,000
- Indspire$5,000
- Arthritis Society Canada$5,000
- Camh Foundation$5,000
- Orillia Soldier's Memorial Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Mary Centre$5,000
- Beaver Valley Outreach$5,000
- Parkinson Society Canada$5,000
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$5,000
- The Cancer Research Society$5,000
- Canadian Diabetes Association$5,000
- The Dorothy Ley Hospice$5,000
- The Canadian Cancer Society$5,000
- Deafblind Ontario Services$4,000
- Ontario Nature Inc.$3,000
- The Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Baker (trustee); Donald Baker (trustee); Margaret Baker (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Charles Norcliffe Baker and Thelma Scott Baker Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891858649RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.