The Myron and Berna Garron Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 791367808RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,741,539) as filed with the CRA.
The Myron and Berna Garron Charitable 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 $11.1M in revenue and $14.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $13.8M in 2024, the largest being $3.6M to The Garron Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.1M | $14.7M | — | — | $14.7M | $309K |
| 2023 | $12.6M | $9M | — | — | $9M | $4M |
| 2022 | $8M | $7.6M | — | — | $7.6M | $381K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$11,060,000
- Investment income$78,489
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 $13.8M to 9 qualified donees:
- The Garron Foundation$3.6M
- Toronto East Health Network Foundation$2.5M
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$2.1M
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health$1.5M
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$1M
- I W K Health Centre Charitable Foundation$1M
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$1M
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation$1M
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$100K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Myron Garron (director); Berna Garron (director); Stephen Bowman (director); Paul Gibney (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Myron and Berna Garron Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 791367808RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.