The Peter Gilgan Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 835070327RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($45,719,336) as filed with the CRA.
The Peter Gilgan Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $47M in revenue and $45.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% 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 78% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 193 qualified donees totalling $44.5M in 2024, the largest being $10M to The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $28.6M in 2020 to $47M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
This private foundation makes donations to qualified donees as defined under the income tax act (canada) and as selected by the directors of the peter gilgan foundation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $47M | $45.7M | — | — | $44.5M | $17.3M |
| 2023 | $35.1M | $29.5M | — | — | $28M | $16.1M |
| 2022 | $9.6M | $9.9M | — | — | $9.5M | $10.5M |
| 2021 | $29.1M | $25.1M | — | — | $24.7M | $10.8M |
| 2020 | $28.6M | $28M | — | — | $27.5M | $6.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $44.5M to 193 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$10M
- Trillium Health Partners Foundation$7.5M
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$3M
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$3M
- William Osler Health System Foundation$2.9M
- UHN Foundation$2.5M
- Trillium Health Partners Foundation$2.5M
- Right To Food$1M
- Toronto Metropolitan University$800K
- Mars Discovery District$450K
- World Bicycle Relief Canada$411K
- Indwell Community Homes$298K
- Green Communities Canada$287K
- Nature United/ Nature Unie$260K
- Pathways to Education Canada/Passeport pour ma réussite Canada$250K
- Gakino'amaage: Teach For Canada$250K
- World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial pour la Nature Can Ada$200K
- PIH Partners In Health Canada$200K
- Plan International Canada Inc.$200K
- London Environmental Institute$200K
- The Bruce Trail Conservancy$200K
- Second Harvest Canada$150K
- The Transition Accelerator$150K
- The Alberta Ecotrust Foundation$150K
- NPower Canada$150K
Received -$150 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$529K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Gilgan (director president); Luke Gilgan (director); Stephanie Trussler (director); Mary Federau (director); James McGill (director); Emily Gilgan (director); Amy Hurley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Peter Gilgan Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835070327RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.