The Grenadier Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 817144181RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($149,074) as filed with the CRA.
The Grenadier 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 $769K in revenue and $149K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 23 qualified donees totalling $131K in 2024, the largest being $35K to United Way of Greater Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $92K in 2020 to $769K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation supports a range of charities focused primarily on education healthcare and poverty.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $769K | $149K | — | — | $131K | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $333K | $143K | — | — | $127K | $2.5M |
| 2022 | -$188K | $116K | — | — | $100K | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $325K | $110K | — | — | $91K | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $92K | $101K | — | — | $85K | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $131K to 23 qualified donees:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$35K
- University of Toronto Schools$25K
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$20K
- The Graham Burton Foundation$10K
- Pathways to Education Canada/Passeport pour ma réussite Canada$7,500
- Swim Drink Fish Canada$4,550
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (unhcr) Canada$2,500
- Teach for Canada$2,500
- Second Harvest Canada$2,500
- Right to Play International$2,500
- Jack.org$2,500
- Indspire$2,500
- Ontario Association of Food Banks$2,500
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$2,500
- Start2Finish Canada$1,000
- Canadian Unicef Committee$1,000
- Lumenus Foundation$1,000
- Loft Community Services$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,000
- FINCA Canada$1,000
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$1,000
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$1,000
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Buzzi (trustee); Deborah Wightman (trustee); Frances Bedford-Jones (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Grenadier Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 817144181RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.