The D.H. Gordon Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 860988179RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($893,262) as filed with the CRA.
The D.H. Gordon 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 $1.2M in revenue and $893K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $116K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Boundless Adventures Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $640K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
For advancement of religion education & relief of poverty in canada. Particular emphasis on promotion of good health & poverty relief in ontario.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $893K | — | — | $770K | $18.1M |
| 2023 | $996K | $846K | — | — | $709K | $16.1M |
| 2022 | $885K | $766K | — | — | $636K | $15.3M |
| 2021 | $559K | $642K | — | — | $515K | $17M |
| 2020 | $640K | $590K | — | — | $476K | $14.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $116K to 8 qualified donees:
- Boundless Adventures Association$25K
- Britannia Woods Community House Inc.$25K
- Alzheimer Society of Toronto$15K
- Charity of Hope$15K
- Canadian Council of Provincial and Territorial Sport Federat$11K
- Aplastic Anemia and Myelodysplasia Association of Canada/Association canadienne de l'anémie aplasique et de la myélodysplasie$10K
- Amici Children's Camp Charity$10K
- Canadian Cancer Society$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Parrott (trustee); Jeffrey Gordon (trustee); Wendy Gordon (trustee); James Parrot (trustee); Michael Mactaggart.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The D.H. Gordon Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860988179RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.