The Lisa Brown Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 828153015RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($25,768) as filed with the CRA.
The Lisa Brown Charitable 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 $76K in revenue and $26K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $3,600.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $25K in 2024, the largest being $25K to The Salvation Army Toronto Grace Health Centre. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Our mission for the foundation is to promote the awarenesss of children's mental and emotional health through early intervention and childhood education. Below are several of our accomplishments to date: speaking publicly to students teachers parents and mental health professionals. Subsidizing the cost for adolescents with emotional and behavioural problems to attend a therapeutic summer camp. Sponsoring an annual community butterfly release to raise awareness for suicide prevention. Helping children prepare emotionally for a healthier future through our projects at sickkids and the mc…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $76K | $26K | — | — | $25K | $621K |
| 2023 | $38K | $5,842 | — | — | — | $570K |
| 2022 | $34K | $56 | — | — | — | $538K |
| 2021 | $103K | — | — | — | — | $504K |
| 2020 | $55K | $13K | — | — | — | $401K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$51,817
- Receipted donations$24,350
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 $25K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $3,600 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dan Brown (president); Frances Brown (vice president); Paul Brown (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lisa Brown Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 828153015RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.