The George Lunan Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119234805RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($365,180) as filed with the CRA.
The George Lunan Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $401K in revenue and $365K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 48 qualified donees totalling $291K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Room 217 Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $177K in 2020 to $401K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
For charitable purposes in ontario and for educational and religious purposes in canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $401K | $365K | — | — | $291K | $6.5M |
| 2023 | $472K | $369K | — | — | $298K | $6.2M |
| 2022 | $421K | $284K | — | — | $216K | $5.9M |
| 2021 | $312K | $263K | — | — | $199K | $6.4M |
| 2020 | $177K | $258K | — | — | $193K | $5.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $291K to 48 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Room 217 Foundation$50K
- North York Harvest Food Bank$7,000
- Hope for Today Christian Fellowship Georgina$7,000
- Daily Bread Food Bank$7,000
- Operation Scugog$6,000
- Gilda's Club Greater Toronto$6,000
- Timmins Food Bank a division of St. Martin de Porres Charities$5,000
- Second Harvest Canada$5,000
- Seaforth and District Food Bank$5,000
- The Eganville and District Community Food Bank$5,000
- Cochrane Food Bank Inc./la Banque Alimentaire de Cochrane Inc.$5,000
- Cobalt Coleman Latchford and Area Food Bank$5,000
- Capuchin Outreach to the Poor Parkdale$5,000
- Aurora Food Pantry$5,000
- Trails Youth Initiatives Inc.$5,000
- The Children's Book Bank$5,000
- Opportunities United Community Initiative$5,000
- Start2Finish Canada$5,000
- Shelter Movers$5,000
- Niagara Foundation for Family and Children Services$5,000
- Jennifer Ashleigh Children's Charity$5,000
- Independent Living Centre Kingston$5,000
- Hydrocephalus Canada$5,000
- Hospital Family Houses of Ontario$5,000
- Giant Steps Toronto Inc.$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Matthew Bird (vice-president); Sonia Brown (president); Dave Johnston (secretary /treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The George Lunan Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119234805RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.