The Glenn Gould Foundation/la Fondation Glenn Gould
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 131890410RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($531,766) as filed with the CRA.
The Glenn Gould Foundation/la Fondation Glenn Gould is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $368K in revenue and $532K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations, 12% from government, 23% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $111K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Honouring glenn gould's spirit and legacy by celebrating brilliance promoting creativity and transforming lives through the power of the arts with the foundation's signature activities. These activities include the biennial presentation of the glenn gould prize and other cultural educational social and philanthropic activities that the foundation takes on from time to time. Focused on the themes of celebration inspiration and transformation the foundation presents concerts symposia events and activities to advance young artists. The founation also operates an informational website and s…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $368K | $532K | $380K | $60K | — | $153K |
| 2023 | $497K | $438K | $256K | $87K | — | $317K |
| 2022 | $921K | $796K | $619K | $82K | — | $258K |
| 2021 | $867K | $1M | $877K | $54K | — | $134K |
| 2020 | $329K | $422K | $300K | $44K | $0 | $285K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $111K from 9 charities:
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$35K
- First Light Foundation$25K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$5,000
- The Henry White Kinnear Foundation$5,000
- Place2Give Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$185K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brendan Calder (treasurer); Kim Campell (director); John Dirks (director); Christine Elliott (director); Larry Fichtner (director); Valerie Ha (director); Saavin Lidder (director); Dana Montalbano (director); Ron Moore (director); Viggo Mortensen (director); Carol Reiley (director); Jean-Philippe Tremblay (director); Bruce Wright (director); Jayne Watson (director); Richard Lupien (director); Peter Simon (director); Juli Morrow (director); John Bell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Glenn Gould Foundation/la Fondation Glenn Gould’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131890410RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.