The Lawrason Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 898780721RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($530,398) as filed with the CRA.
The Lawrason 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 $140K in revenue and $530K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 25 qualified donees totalling $520K in 2024, the largest being $55K to Parkinson Canada Inc.. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $309K in 2020 to $140K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Donations to other registered chrarities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $140K | $530K | — | — | $520K | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $361K | $802K | — | — | $545K | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $178K | $936K | — | — | $549K | $2M |
| 2021 | $464K | $612K | — | — | $545K | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $309K | $628K | — | — | $545K | $3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $520K to 25 qualified donees:
- Parkinson Canada Inc.$55K
- Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada$35K
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario$35K
- Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre Foundation$30K
- Operation Eyesight Canada$30K
- Yorkminster Park Baptist Church$25K
- Toronto Foundation$25K
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation$25K
- Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada$25K
- Canadian Cancer Society$25K
- Campfire Circle Autour du Feu$25K
- Scott Mission$20K
- McMaster Divinity College$20K
- Algonquin Child and Family Services$15K
- The War Amputations of Canada$15K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$15K
- The Street Haven at the Crossroads$15K
- Family Service Toronto$15K
- Dorset Community Partnership Fund$15K
- Shaw Festival Theatre Canada$10K
- ST Stephen's Community House$10K
- South Muskoka Hospital Foundation$10K
- South Muskoka Hospital Foundation$10K
- Muskoka Steamships & Discovery Centre$10K
- Carters Forever Rescue and Sanctuary Ltd.$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Debra Perks (pres & sec treasurer); Peter Goring (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lawrason Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898780721RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.