The Dunin Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 863783619RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,236,673) as filed with the CRA.
The Dunin 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 $5.5M in revenue and $2.2M 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 66% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 26 qualified donees totalling $1.3M in 2024, the largest being $500K to ST. Andrew's College Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $173K in 2020 to $5.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Th dunin foundation does not run its own programs instead makes yearly contributions to qualified and non-qualified donees and intermediaries.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.5M | $2.2M | — | — | $2.1M | $42.8M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.7M | — | — | $2.6M | $39.5M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.3M | $50.8M |
| 2021 | $7.2M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.4M | $41.1M |
| 2020 | $173K | $1.3M | — | — | $1.2M | $35.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.3M to 26 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- ST. Andrew's College Foundation$500K
- Southlake Health Foundation$150K
- Gold Canada Foundation$100K
- Aurora Food Pantry$60K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$50K
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$50K
- Muskoka Woods Youth Foundation$40K
- Georgina Community Food Pantry$35K
- King Township Food Bank$35K
- R. K. Y. Camp$25K
- Nanny Angel Network Inc.$25K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peel York Inc.$25K
- Inn From the Cold Inc.$25K
- Girls Incorporated of York Region$25K
- Chats-Community & Home Assistance to Seniors$25K
- Breakthrough T1D Canada/Percée DT1 Canada$25K
- Women's Centre of York Region$20K
- Trinity United Church$20K
- The Ottawa Hospital Foundation/la Fondation de l'Hopital d'Ottawa$20K
- The Food Bank of York Region$20K
- Hope House Community Hospice$15K
- York Region Food Network$10K
- Sandgate Women's Shelter of York Region Inc.$10K
- Blue Door Support Services$10K
- Newmarket Food Pantry$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Dunin (president); Anne Dunin (vice president); Paul Gibney (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Dunin Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863783619RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.