The Haynes-Connell Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 105200471RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($569,037) as filed with the CRA.
The Haynes-Connell Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $282K in revenue and $569K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $434K in 2024, the largest being $125K to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $647K in 2020 to $282K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
This is a private foundation which donates money to other charitable organizations. The emphasis is on the Toronto area and includes social services arts & culture health human rights and the environment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $282K | $569K | — | — | $439K | $9.3M |
| 2023 | $264K | $770K | — | — | $652K | $9.6M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $789K | — | — | $675K | $10.1M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $728K | — | — | $688K | $8.4M |
| 2020 | $647K | $384K | — | — | $344K | $7.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $434K to 15 qualified donees:
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation$125K
- Sinai Health Foundation$100K
- Art Gallery of Ontario$53K
- The Toronto Public Library Foundation$50K
- Torch Educational Foundation$25K
- Right To Food$20K
- The Carol Shields Prize Foundation$20K
- Writers' Trust of Canada/societe d'Encouragement aux Ecrivains du Canada$15K
- Musical Stage$10K
- Weizmann Canada$5,000
- Omega Foundation$5,000
- Arts Access Fund$2,500
- ROM Foundation$2,000
- The Royal Regiment of Canada$1,000
- The Salvation Army$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Haynes (president); Martin Connell (vice-president & secretary); Devin Connell (treasurer); Luke Connell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Haynes-Connell Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 105200471RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.