The Dawson Family Sharing Foundation
Private foundation · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 820127934RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($82,130) as filed with the CRA.
The Dawson Family Sharing Foundation is a private foundation based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $53K in revenue and $82K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 29 qualified donees totalling $82K in 2024, the largest being $7,000 to Daily Bread Food Bank. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the Foundation is to receive and maintain a fund and apply the principal and income thereon to charitable organizations that are registered charities in the provision of services to the poor and disadvantaged health care provision and research and those working towards the advancement of Christian religion and education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $53K | $82K | $0 | $0 | $82K | $287K |
| 2023 | $20K | $83K | $0 | — | $82K | $315K |
| 2022 | $66K | $167K | $0 | — | $87K | $378K |
| 2021 | $114K | $90K | $110 | $0 | $90K | $479K |
| 2020 | -$14K | $101K | — | — | $101K | $455K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $82K to 29 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Daily Bread Food Bank$7,000
- Scarborough Food Security Initiative$6,000
- The Stop Community Food Centre$5,000
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$5,000
- Eva's Initiatives for Homeless Youth$5,000
- Awhl-Assaulted Women's Helpline$5,000
- The WoodGreen Foundation$5,000
- Kids Help Phone / Jeunesse J' Ecoute$5,000
- Tno - the Neighbourhood Organization$4,000
- Als Society of Canada$3,000
- Native Women's Resource Center of Toronto Inc.$3,000
- Native Child and Family Services of Toronto$3,000
- Save A Family Plan$3,000
- Women's Hostels Incorporated$3,000
- Good Shepherd Refuge Social Ministries$3,000
- Scott Mission$3,000
- Abiona Centre for Infant & Early Mental Health$2,000
- Toronto East Health Network Foundation$2,000
- Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada$1,000
- Pacific Parkinson's Research Institute - Vancouver Canada Society$1,000
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$1,000
- Breakthrough T1D Canada/Percée DT1 Canada$1,000
- Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada$1,000
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada$1,000
- Woodgreen Red Door Family Shelter$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Judith Dawson (chair director); Jennifer Dawson (president treas director); Emily Dawson (secretary director); Benjamin Dawson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Dawson Family Sharing Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 820127934RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.