The Howitt/dunbar Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 863635892RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($212,086) as filed with the CRA.
The Howitt/dunbar 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 $594K in revenue and $212K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $165K in 2024, the largest being $80K to Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $223K in 2020 to $594K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Donations to various other charitable organizations
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $594K | $212K | — | — | $165K | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $254K | $132K | — | — | $83K | $3.5M |
| 2022 | -$12K | $170K | — | — | $120K | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $508K | $163K | — | — | $114K | $3.5M |
| 2020 | $223K | $150K | — | — | $104K | $3.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $165K to 10 qualified donees:
- Stratford Shakespeare Festival$80K
- Centre for Addition and Mental Health$50K
- Nature Conservancy of Canada$6,000
- Regal Park School of Music$5,000
- Pen$5,000
- Community Music School of Toronto$5,000
- Victoria College$5,000
- Canadian Battlefields$5,000
- Peregrine Foundation$2,000
- Belmont$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amy Diana Tremain (president/director); James McMyn (director); Any Julia Tremain (secretory); Anthony Tremain (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Howitt/dunbar Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863635892RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.