The P.austin Family Foundation
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 721605525RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,277,717) as filed with the CRA.
The P.austin Family Foundation is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers.
It reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $1.3M in 2024, the largest being $503K to The Governing Council of the University of Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $850K in 2020 to $3.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The foundation financially supports humanitarian activities by making donations to various charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.3M | $4.2M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.3M | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $811K | — | — | $810K | $954K |
| 2021 | $750K | $567K | — | — | $563K | $315K |
| 2020 | $850K | $849K | — | — | $848K | $132K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.3M to 15 qualified donees:
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$503K
- Canadian Opera Company$500K
- Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research/fondation Canadienne de Recherche sur le Sida$100K
- Dixon Hall$45K
- Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies$36K
- The 519 Church Street Community Centre$25K
- Hadassah-Wizo Organization Of Canada$20K
- The National Ballet of Canada/le Ballet National du Canada$15K
- MS Canada SP Canada$10K
- Pride and Remembrance Foundation$5,282
- Beth Tzedec Congregation$5,140
- Jewish Free Loan Toronto$5,000
- The Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University$5,000
- Cancer Research Society$1,000
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Austin (trustee); Pamela Austin (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The P.austin Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 721605525RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.