The Giller Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 139417208RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($952,931) as filed with the CRA.
The Giller 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 $911K in revenue and $953K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $97K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The foundation awards annual cash prizes to canadian writers for literary excellence.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $911K | $953K | $654K | — | — | $188K |
| 2023 | $931K | $851K | $498K | — | — | $230K |
| 2022 | $790K | $910K | $812K | — | — | $151K |
| 2021 | $793K | $828K | $798K | — | — | $267K |
| 2020 | $791K | $680K | $627K | — | $50K | $302K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $97K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$218K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Noni Rabinovitch (director); Jackie Cytrynbaum (director); Measha Brueggergosman-Lee (director); Rick White (director); Mark Sakamoto (director); Robin Mirsky (director); Tabitha Creighton (treasurer); Danielle Adler (chair); Brian Pukier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Giller Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139417208RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.