The Graham Burton Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 798972279RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($222,722) as filed with the CRA.
The Graham Burton 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 $762K in revenue and $223K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $39K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 24 qualified donees totalling $193K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Taking It Global Youth Association. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $762K | $223K | $25K | — | $193K | $2M |
| 2023 | $169K | $189K | — | — | $183K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $177K | $265K | — | — | $259K | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $606K | $119K | — | — | $113K | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $832K | $248K | — | — | $245K | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $193K to 24 qualified donees:
- Taking It Global Youth Association$25K
- Capitalize For Kids Foundation$25K
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation$25K
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$22K
- Grace Church-ON-The-Hill$13K
- The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall$13K
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$10K
- Yorktown Family Services$10K
- Mentoring Juniors Kids Organization (MJKO)$10K
- Jack.org$10K
- Charities Aid Foundation Canada$5,000
- Rpdy Foundation$5,000
- Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area$5,000
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$5,000
- SecondStreet.org$5,000
- Royal Canadian Air Force Association Trust$2,200
- Mentoring Juniors Kids Organization (MJKO)$1,000
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$1,000
- Keepers of the Letterkenny Evangelical United Brethren Church & Cemetery$250
- Friends of the Rockingham Church$250
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$200
- The Yellow Bus Foundation$200
- The War Amputations of Canada$150
- Oakville & Milton Humane Society$100
Received $39K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gina Burton (director); Stewart Burton (director); Andrew Burton (director); James Morrow (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Graham Burton Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 798972279RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.