The Morrison Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 891660177RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($904,458) as filed with the CRA.
The Morrison 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 $226K in revenue and $904K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $897K in 2024, the largest being $431K to Jump Math. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $226K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The foundation makes grants to qualified donees. The foundation supports the activities of various cultural academic and religious organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $226K | $904K | — | — | $897K | $19M |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $7,332 | — | — | — | $19.6M |
| 2022 | -$589K | $166K | — | — | $160K | $16.8M |
| 2021 | $2M | $168K | — | — | $155K | $17.5M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $202K | — | — | $175K | $15.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $897K to 11 qualified donees:
- Jump Math$431K
- Pathways to Education Canada/Passeport pour ma réussite Canada$300K
- Toronto Foundation for Student Success$75K
- Beaches Sandbox Foundation$25K
- ST. Joseph's Health Centre Foundation of Toronto$25K
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$20K
- People Words & Change$10K
- Glebe Road United Church$4,000
- Georgian Bay Forever$3,000
- Toronto District School Board$3,000
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Morrison (chair trustee); Chindarat Morrison (trustee); Charlotte Morrison-Reed (trustee); Christopher Sanford (trustee); Peter Nurmi (trustee); Benjamin Sinclair (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Morrison Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891660177RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.