The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry
Private foundation · Oakville, Ontario · BN 866434293RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($852,361) as filed with the CRA.
The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry is a private foundation based in Oakville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $852K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
To promote advance and award excellence in poetry. An annual contest is conducted and is open to canadian and international poets.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $852K | $629K | — | — | $10.7M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $814K | $583K | — | — | $9.1M |
| 2022 | -$41K | $669K | $421K | — | — | $8.2M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $609K | $416K | — | — | $8.9M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $2.6M | $344K | — | $2.1M | $77.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$104K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Griffin (chairman trustee); Carolyn Forche (trustee); Mark Doty (trustee); Karen Solie (trustee); Ian Williams (trustee); Sarah-Louise Howe (trustee); Paul Muldoon (trustee); Ales Steger (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866434293RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.