The Mitsui Canada Foundation/la Fondation Mitsui Canada
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 888790441RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($89,559) as filed with the CRA.
The Mitsui Canada Foundation/la Fondation Mitsui Canada is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $50K in revenue and $90K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $80K in 2024, the largest being $28K to Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $105K in 2020 to $50K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Cultural programs parks and gardens research
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $50K | $90K | — | — | $80K | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $104K | $58K | — | — | $58K | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $147K | $62K | — | — | $54K | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $20K | $51K | — | — | $51K | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $105K | $59K | — | — | $58K | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, March 31, 2024
- Investment income$49,715
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 $80K to 9 qualified donees:
- Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education$28K
- Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre of Toronto$20K
- National Gallery of Canada Foundation/fondation du Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada$10K
- The Royal Ontario Museum Foundation$10K
- Momiji Health CARE Society$5,000
- Japanese Community Volunteers Association$3,000
- Canadian Cancer Society$2,571
- Ontario Brain Institute Foundation$742
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$742
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Takeshi Enowaki (member); Miyoko Sasaki (member); Takeshi Mitsui (member); Naomi Abe (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Mitsui Canada Foundation/la Fondation Mitsui Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888790441RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.