The Harold E. Ballard Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 890454192RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,322,879) as filed with the CRA.
The Harold E. Ballard 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 $2.1M in revenue and $1.3M 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 31% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $1M in 2024, the largest being $750K to ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The harold e. Ballard foundation was established to receive and maintain funds from the estate of harold e. Ballard to be used solely for charitable purposes. The foundation supports various other registered charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $1.3M | — | — | $1M | $42M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $890K | $37.5M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $823K | $34.1M |
| 2021 | $3M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.2M | $37.9M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.2M | $33.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1M to 12 qualified donees:
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$750K
- The Canadian Canoe Museum$100K
- Amici Children's Camp Charity$45K
- Université de Montréal$25K
- North York General Hospital$20K
- Muscular Dystrophy Canada / Dystrophie musculaire Canada$20K
- Ontario Society for Crippled Children$20K
- Community Living Toronto$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- Youthlink$10K
- Fred Victor Centre$10K
- Armagh$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mary-Elizabeth Flynn (president); Katherine Flynn (assistant secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Harold E. Ballard Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890454192RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.