The Lillian Meighen and Don Wright Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 889570420RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($904,095) as filed with the CRA.
The Lillian Meighen and Don Wright 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 $904K 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 76% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $736K in 2024, the largest being $165K to The Redwood...For Women and Children Fleeing Abuse. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $948K in 2020 to $2.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $904K | $135K | — | $736K | $17.3M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $921K | $93K | — | $763K | $15.4M |
| 2022 | $731K | $2.6M | $0 | — | $562K | $14.7M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $717K | — | — | $532K | $16.5M |
| 2020 | $948K | $667K | — | — | $505K | $14.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$2,595,526
- Investment income$245,409
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 $736K to 12 qualified donees:
- The Redwood...For Women and Children Fleeing Abuse$165K
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$115K
- Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care$115K
- Campfire Circle Autour du Feu$100K
- York University$79K
- Stepstones for Youth$65K
- Blissymbolics Communication International$40K
- Community Music Schools of Toronto Foundation$25K
- Haven on the Queensway$20K
- Dalhousie University$6,000
- Good Grief! Bereavement Healing Services$5,000
- The Elmer Iseler Singers$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Marcus (vice chair); Priscilla Wright (chair); Kerry Adams (director); Liam Scott (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lillian Meighen and Don Wright Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889570420RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.