The G.Scott Paterson Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 883367872RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($140,140) as filed with the CRA.
The G.Scott Paterson 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 $47K in revenue and $140K 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 37% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 18 qualified donees totalling $118K in 2024, the largest being $45K to ComKids Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is to receive hold and administer donations contributions and bequests of money or other real or personal property exclusively for charitable purposes by funding registered charities and other qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $47K | $140K | — | — | $118K | $759K |
| 2023 | $57K | $384K | — | — | $246K | $852K |
| 2022 | $90K | $195K | — | — | $116K | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $23K | $110K | — | — | $106K | $1.3M |
| 2020 | -$3,586 | $310K | — | — | $310K | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $118K to 18 qualified donees:
- ComKids Foundation$45K
- Boost Child & Youth Advocacy Centre$16K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$15K
- Dixon Hall$10K
- The Hospital for Sick Children$5,163
- Fertility Friends Foundation$5,000
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$5,000
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$3,500
- Rethink Breast Cancer Canada$3,135
- The Veritas Foundation/La Fondation Veritas$2,500
- Queen's University at Kingston$2,500
- Prime Quadrant Foundation$2,000
- Oakville Hospital Foundation$1,000
- Campfire Circle Autour du Feu$1,000
- Covenant House Toronto$505
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation$500
- Lycee Francais de Toronto$500
- Raising the Roof chez Toit$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Paterson (trustee); Susan Drake (trustee); Farhan Abbas (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The G.Scott Paterson Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 883367872RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.