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.
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.