The Chêne Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 795281542RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($137,510) as filed with the CRA.
The Chêne 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 $327K in revenue and $138K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $125K in 2024, the largest being $20K to United Way of Greater Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To make donations to canadian registered charities and qualified donees
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $327K | $138K | — | — | $125K | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $338K | $76K | — | — | $70K | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $1,545 | — | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $125K to 11 qualified donees:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$20K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$15K
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada$15K
- Amref Health Africa in Canada$15K
- The Master and Fellows of Massey College$10K
- Oceana Canada$10K
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada$10K
- Eva's Initiatives for Homeless Youth$10K
- Anishnawbe Health Foundation$10K
- Canadian Rhodes Scholars Foundation$5,000
- Rhodes Scholarships in Canada$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeffrey Pentland (president); Astrid Guttmann (secretary); Frederika Pentland (director); Maximilian Pentland (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Chêne Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 795281542RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.