The Conn Smythe Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118874346RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($182,576) as filed with the CRA.
The Conn Smythe 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 $385K in revenue and $183K 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 25% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $129K in 2024, the largest being $35K to Community Music Schools of Toronto Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $165K in 2020 to $385K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $385K | $183K | — | — | $129K | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $392K | $185K | — | — | $135K | $3M |
| 2022 | -$255K | $156K | — | — | $106K | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $449K | $162K | — | — | $120K | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $165K | $177K | — | — | $135K | $2.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$189,854
- Investment income$65,292
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $129K to 9 qualified donees:
- Community Music Schools of Toronto Foundation$35K
- Eva's Initiatives for Homeless Youth$25K
- FCJ Refugee Centre$20K
- Let's Grow - Learning and Living Hub$10K
- Foodshare Toronto$10K
- Casey House Foundation$10K
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$10K
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$6,300
- Jessie's The June Callwood Centre for Young Women$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christie Smythe (director/treasurer); Thomas Smythe (director/member); Claire Sturgess (director/secretary); Robert Swatuk (director); Andrew Smythe (director); Safford Scarlett (director/president); Phillip Morgan (director); Mary Smythe (director); Sarah Scarlett (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Conn Smythe Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118874346RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.