The John C. and Sally Horsfall Eaton Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 895624229RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,116,341) as filed with the CRA.
The John C. and Sally Horsfall Eaton 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 $637K in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 49 qualified donees totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $301K to The George Brown College Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $637K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The john c and sally horsfall eaton foundation provides financial support to other qualified donees. The foundation uses it own initiative to identify the qualified donees it supports. During 2024 grants were awarded to various causes in arts and culture education health environment social services and other community benefits.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $637K | $1.1M | — | — | $1.1M | $7M |
| 2023 | $517K | $792K | — | — | $739K | $6.5M |
| 2022 | $873K | $1.5M | — | — | $1.4M | $6.7M |
| 2021 | $810K | $966K | — | — | $902K | $8.5M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.5M | $7.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 49 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The George Brown College Foundation$301K
- Globus Theatre Inc.$200K
- Humber River Hospital$200K
- The Vimy Foundation/La Fondation Vimy$100K
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$55K
- Juno Beach Centre Association$50K
- Timothy Eaton Memorial Church$40K
- Speech and Debate Canada$20K
- Dalhousie University$11K
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$10K
- Crohn's and Colitis Canada / Crohn et Colite Canada$10K
- Kohai Educational Centre$9,000
- Trinity College School Foundation$5,000
- Health Partners International of Canada$5,000
- The Cedarbrook Society$3,000
- Fernie Trails Alliance Association$2,500
- Angel Flight of British Columbia Society$2,500
- Whistler 360 Health Collaborative Society$2,000
- Whistler Community Services Society$2,000
- Sturgeon Lake Sailing Club$2,000
- The Safehaven Project for Community Living$2,000
- Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,000
- Testaments of Honour Historical Archive$1,750
- The Zero Ceiling Society of Canada$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Eaton (trustee); Sally Horsfall Easton (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The John C. and Sally Horsfall Eaton Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895624229RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.