The Hope Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119237865RR0002 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($359,178) as filed with the CRA.
The Hope Charitable 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 $254K in revenue and $359K 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 37% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 28 qualified donees totalling $286K in 2024, the largest being $20K to UHN Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $166K in 2020 to $254K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation makes donations to organizations (registered charities) in various fields. Charity fields inculde arts health education and social services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $254K | $359K | — | — | $286K | $6.9M |
| 2023 | $242K | $353K | — | — | $281K | $6.5M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $287K | — | — | $231K | $6.3M |
| 2021 | $405K | $288K | — | — | $230K | $6.8M |
| 2020 | $166K | $288K | — | — | $230K | $6.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $286K to 28 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- UHN Foundation$20K
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$20K
- The Upper Canada College Foundation$18K
- The Ridley College Foundation$15K
- Grace Church-ON-The-Hill$13K
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation$10K
- Parkdale Community Food Bank$10K
- House of Compassion of Toronto$10K
- Fred Victor Centre$10K
- Allan Gardens Food Bank$10K
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$10K
- Alzheimer Society of Toronto$10K
- The George Hull Centre for Children and Families$10K
- Scott Mission$10K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$10K
- Dixon Hall$10K
- The Cathedral Church of ST. James$10K
- Trinity College School$10K
- The Bishop Strachan School Foundation$10K
- Ontario Society for Crippled Children$7,500
- The Toronto Symphony$7,500
- The National Ballet of Canada/le Ballet National du Canada$7,500
- Canadian Opera Company$7,500
- Trinity College$7,500
- Wellsprings Cancer Society Foundation$7,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leighton McCarthy (president); Adam Howard (director); Honor McLachlin (vice president); Peter Hanley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Hope Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119237865RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.