The Godfrey Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 868940495RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($105,874) as filed with the CRA.
The Godfrey Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $69K in revenue and $106K 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 45% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 23 qualified donees totalling $96K in 2024, the largest being $31K to The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation was established to provide financial support to charitable organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $69K | $106K | — | — | $96K | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $69K | $150K | — | — | $137K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $61K | $116K | — | — | $107K | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $17K | $114K | — | — | $111K | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $68K | $117K | — | — | $108K | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $96K to 23 qualified donees:
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$31K
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$19K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$11K
- Congregation Habonim of Toronto$6,400
- JNF Canada$5,000
- Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum/le Temple de la Renommee du Baseball Canadien et Musee$5,000
- The Abraham Global Peace Initiative$2,582
- Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada$2,500
- Kayla's Children Centre$2,500
- Breast Cancer Canada Cancer du sein du Canada$2,500
- 13th Round Fight for Life$1,500
- Canadian Breast Cancer Support Fund$1,089
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,000
- Redemption Paws$1,000
- ComKids Foundation$1,000
- The Abraham Global Peace Initiative$1,000
- Canadian Friends of the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind$500
- Israel Cancer Research Fund Fondation d'Israël pour la Recherche sur le Cancer$292
- Canadian Friends of the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind$250
- Canadahelps Canadon$216
- The Governors of ST. Francis Xavier University$200
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$100
- Fondation de l'Hopital Maimonides/maimonides Hospital$62
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Godfrey (trustee); Regina Godfrey (trutee); Robin Godfrey (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Godfrey Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868940495RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.