The DR. Charles and Margaret Brown Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 864872478RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($150,272) as filed with the CRA.
The DR. Charles and Margaret Brown 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 $188K in revenue and $150K 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 21% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $100K in 2024, the largest being $25K to The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Provide funds to charitable organizations in canada for the purpose of research education and the establishment and maintenance of charitable activities agencies or institutions and to aid any such organizations already established
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $188K | $150K | — | — | $100K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $128K | $256K | — | — | $215K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | -$92K | $281K | — | — | $240K | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $509K | $258K | — | — | $215K | $2M |
| 2020 | $203K | $236K | — | — | $190K | $1.8M |
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$156,031
- Investment income$44,183
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 $100K to 4 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Arthur Angus (secretary/treasurer); Arthur Angus (vice president); Richard Sellner (president/director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The DR. Charles and Margaret Brown Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864872478RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.