The Lowidt Foundation
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 888004249RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,500) as filed with the CRA.
The Lowidt Foundation is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education.
Compared with 441 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $9,500 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Disbursement of funds to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | $9,500 | — | — | $9,500 | $359K |
| 2023 | $11K | $12K | $9,250 | — | $9,250 | $329K |
| 2022 | $9,858 | $12K | — | — | $9,250 | $317K |
| 2021 | $4,561 | $13K | — | — | $10K | $363K |
| 2020 | $8,964 | $14K | — | — | $14K | $331K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $9,500 to 19 qualified donees:
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$1,000
- Wellspring Cultural Foundation$1,000
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$750
- The Street Haven at the Crossroads$750
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$500
- The Yonge Street Mission$500
- Distress Centres of Greater Toronto$500
- North York Women's Resource Centre$500
- Outside Looking In$500
- Covenant House Toronto$500
- Moorelands Community Services$500
- Huntsville District Memorial Hospital Foundation$500
- Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$250
- Youth Employment Services Yes$250
- Amici Children's Camp Charity$250
- Starlight Children's Foundation Canada$250
- Canadahelps Canadon$250
- Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Johnson (president); David Johnson (secretary); Peter Hilbert (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lowidt Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888004249RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.