The Norman and Marian Robertson Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 893373928RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($962,380) as filed with the CRA.
The Norman and Marian Robertson Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $962K in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $35.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $759K in 2024, the largest being $250K to The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $575K in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The foundation's activities are to award grants to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $962K | — | — | $784K | $15M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $455K | — | — | $305K | $13.7M |
| 2022 | -$397K | $604K | — | — | $421K | $12.9M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $746K | — | — | $567K | $13.9M |
| 2020 | $575K | $422K | — | — | $328K | $12M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $759K to 12 qualified donees:
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$250K
- Waterstone Foundation$75K
- The Dorothy Ley Hospice$75K
- Yorkminster Park Meals on Wheels$70K
- Pine River Institute$50K
- Escarpment Corridor Alliance$50K
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$50K
- The Synod of the Diocese of Niagara$40K
- Yorkminster Park Meals on Wheels$40K
- Parkdale Project Read Inc.$24K
- Riverbrink Art Museum Inc$20K
- Community Music Schools of Toronto$15K
Received $35 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas Phibbs (trustee); Eleanor Pattillo (trustee); Geraldine (jody) Macdonald (trustee); Ian Pattillo (trustee); Adeline Raymond (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Norman and Marian Robertson Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893373928RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.