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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, November 30, 2024
- Other income$466,972
- Investment income$86,674
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.