The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118937010RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,951,294) as filed with the CRA.
The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable 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 $19.5M in revenue and $11M in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $75K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 137 qualified donees totalling $7M in 2024, the largest being $526K to Ontario Employment Education and Research Centre. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The foundation supports charitable activities in three areas: the performing arts the environment and social services. 1) we seek to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of people and organizations working in the performing arts in ontario... 2) we seek to build a low carbon resource-efficient and resilient canada... 3) we seek to improve the quality of life and opportunity for low income communities in toronto... ...by supporting dynamic leadership nurturing new ideas and fostering integrated thinking.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19.5M | $11M | $2.4M | — | $7.1M | $202.1M |
| 2023 | $20.1M | $10.2M | $1.6M | — | $7.4M | $193.5M |
| 2022 | -$6.2M | $10.1M | $1.9M | — | $7.1M | $183.6M |
| 2021 | $30.8M | $9.4M | $1.4M | — | $7M | $199.9M |
| 2020 | $16M | $8.8M | $1.4M | — | $6.4M | $178.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7M to 137 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Ontario Employment Education and Research Centre$526K
- Our Land for the Future Trust$300K
- Centre for Northern Conservation$250K
- The Neighbourhood Land Trust$228K
- National Arts Centre Foundation/fondation Centre National des Arts$178K
- York Factory First Nation$150K
- Sayisi Dene First Nation$150K
- Fort Folly (amlamgog) First Nation$150K
- Small Change Fund$134K
- Centre for Land Conservation$130K
- Community Foundations of Canada$125K
- Raising the Roof chez Toit$120K
- Labour Community Services of Metropolitan Toronto Inc.$120K
- Wellesley Institute$116K
- Community Forests International$113K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$100K
- Narwhal News Society the$100K
- Makeway Foundation$100K
- John Howard Society of Ontario$100K
- Jane/finch Community and Family Centre$100K
- Institute for Canadian Citizenship$100K
- Hospitality Workers Resource Centre$100K
- Generate Canada Inc.$100K
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research$100K
- IDEA Training Collaborative$96K
Received $75K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kirsten Hanson (executive vice president); Peter Hanson (vice president & treasurer); John McNee (director); Luke Metcalf (director & vp); Robert Sirman (director); Ken Rosenberg (directory & secretary); Pamela Robinson (director); Alexandra Houston (director); Sandy Houston (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118937010RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.