The Harbinger Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 898975958RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($562,315) as filed with the CRA.
The Harbinger 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 $2M in revenue and $562K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $476K in 2024, the largest being $475K to Makeway Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $794K in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation seeks to become a catalyst for sustainable positive change through partnerships with creative and innovative charitable organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $562K | $24K | — | $476K | $12.3M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $525K | $11K | — | $450K | $10.9M |
| 2022 | -$415K | $407K | $7,211 | — | $333K | $10.3M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $292K | $14K | — | $226K | $11.1M |
| 2020 | $794K | $347K | $6,580 | — | $289K | $9.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $476K to 2 qualified donees:
- Makeway Foundation$475K
- La Tablee des Chefs$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$2,371
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gwyneth Wansbrough (president); Michael Wansbrough (director); Ruth Constance Wansbrough (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Harbinger Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898975958RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.