The H. John McDonald Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 718228695RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,819,797) as filed with the CRA.
The H. John McDonald 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 28 qualified donees totalling $1.5M in 2024, the largest being $206K to The Governing Council of the University of Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
SPECIALIZING IN GRANTS GENERALLY MADE FOR EQUIPMENT FURNITURE etc; PROGRAM FUNDING SPECIAL PROJECTS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE OF EDUCATIONAL OR RELIGIOUS NATURE.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.5M | $29.1M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.4M | $27.6M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.3M | $26.7M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.1M | $31M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.1M | — | — | $866K | $29.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.5M to 28 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$206K
- University of Toronto (applied Science & Engineering)$200K
- Daily Bread Food Bank$150K
- Fred Victor Centre$95K
- Camfed Canada$60K
- The Toronto Humane Society$55K
- Alzheimer Society of Ontario$50K
- Restigouche River Salmon Conservation Foundation$50K
- World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial pour la Nature Can Ada$50K
- Casey House Foundation$50K
- The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall$50K
- Atlantic Salmon Federation (canada) / Federation du Saumon Atlantique (canada)$50K
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$50K
- The Toronto Humane Society$40K
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$40K
- Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation$40K
- CARE Canada$35K
- The National Ballet of Canada/le Ballet National du Canada$35K
- Yorkminster Park Meals on Wheels$30K
- Canadian Opera Company$30K
- World Animal Protection Canada$30K
- Campfire Circle Autour du Feu$26K
- Making Art Making Change$25K
- Oxfam Canada$23K
- Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co. (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The H. John McDonald Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 718228695RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.