The John and Deborah Harris Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 848978417RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($917,101) as filed with the CRA.
The John and Deborah Harris Family 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 $2.9M in revenue and $917K 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 40% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $760K in 2024, the largest being $400K to Sinai Health Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1M in 2020 to $2.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The foundation receives and maintains donations and disburses a portion thereof and/or the income therefrom to: a) any charitable organization or organizations or charitable foundation or foundations in canada that are 'registered charities' as defined by the income tax act (canada); and b) 'qualified donees' as defiend by the income tax act (canada) for use in their charitable activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $917K | — | — | $760K | $21.3M |
| 2023 | $3M | $1.7M | — | — | $625K | $19.3M |
| 2022 | $669K | $1.9M | — | — | $392K | $17.9M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $1.2M | — | — | $973K | $19.2M |
| 2020 | $1M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.6M | $18.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $760K to 8 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Harris (director and chairperson); Deborah Harris (director and secretary); Rachel Harris (director); Alanna Harris (director); Amelia Harris (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The John and Deborah Harris Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 848978417RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.