The Macdonald Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 843100843RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($134,864) as filed with the CRA.
The Macdonald Family 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 $200K in revenue and $135K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $123K in 2024, the largest being $123K to The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $26K in 2020 to $200K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is to receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income to charitable organizations that are also registered charities under the income tax act (canada)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $200K | $135K | — | — | $123K | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $86K | $233K | — | — | $212K | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $279K | $60K | $2,053 | — | $51K | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $477K | $68K | $44K | — | $18K | $2.5M |
| 2020 | $26K | $44K | — | — | $38K | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $123K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
William Macdonald (trustee); James Alexander Macdonald (trustee); Nestor Golets (trustee); Dougal Macdonald (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Macdonald Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 843100843RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.