The John David and Signy Eaton Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Caledon Village, Ontario · BN 890567324RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,338,668) as filed with the CRA.
The John David and Signy Eaton Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Caledon Village, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4M in revenue and $1.3M 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 54% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $1.2M in 2024, the largest being $425K to UHN Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $308K in 2020 to $4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The john david and signy eaton charitable foundation provides support by awarding grants to other qualified donees. During the year a variety of appeals for funding were considered and processed. During 2024 grants were awarded to various causes; hospitals arts conservation athletic and education donees vary annually
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.2M | $25.3M |
| 2023 | $461K | $1.1M | — | — | $938K | $22.7M |
| 2022 | $582K | $1.1M | $869 | — | $904K | $22M |
| 2021 | $9.2M | $757K | $619 | — | $610K | $24.9M |
| 2020 | $308K | $775K | $646 | — | $683K | $20.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.2M to 16 qualified donees:
- UHN Foundation$425K
- UHN Foundation$400K
- Chapel & York Canada Foundation$284K
- Board of Governors of The Banff Centre$10K
- The Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation$5,181
- My Friend's House Collingwood Crisis Centre$5,000
- Escarpment Corridor Alliance$5,000
- Meaford Hospital Foundation$3,000
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$2,500
- The Yellow Bus Foundation$2,000
- Myriad Canada Foundation$2,000
- HUB Cycling$2,000
- The Grenadines Initiative$2,000
- Jack.org$1,000
- Orbis Canada Foundation$1,000
- Trailblazers Tandem Cycling Club$522
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Smith (trustee); Terrie Eaton (trsutee); George Eaton (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The John David and Signy Eaton Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890567324RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.