The Lorraine Johnston Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 893068205RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($41,399) as filed with the CRA.
The Lorraine Johnston 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 $35K in revenue and $41K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 61% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $40K in 2024, the largest being $30K to Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income to organizations that are also registered charities under the income tax act (canada). The charity plans to hold an annual charity gold tournament in order to meet the above objectives
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $35K | $41K | $500 | — | $40K | $98K |
| 2023 | $43K | $16K | $5,044 | — | $10K | $105K |
| 2022 | $24K | $12K | $2,000 | — | $10K | $78K |
| 2021 | $22K | $909 | — | — | — | $66K |
| 2020 | $24K | $61K | — | — | $60K | $45K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $40K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $21K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Johnston (director); Ronald Gray (director); Raymond Murakami (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lorraine Johnston Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893068205RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.