The Purpleville Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 859803041RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,069,679) as filed with the CRA.
The Purpleville Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported -$704K in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $1.7M in 2024, the largest being $545K to Indiana University. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $8M in 2020 to -$704K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Grant making please see attached schedule of gifts qualified donnees for the organizations supported
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -$704K | $2.1M | — | — | $1.7M | $50.5M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.1M | $51.7M |
| 2022 | -$48.8M | $3.2M | — | — | $2.7M | $48.5M |
| 2021 | $52.1M | $1.2M | — | — | $537K | $97.1M |
| 2020 | $8M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.6M | $51.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.7M to 10 qualified donees:
- Indiana University$545K
- St.john's College University of Oxford$423K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$423K
- Siminovitch Theatre Foundation$110K
- Foodshare Toronto$75K
- Woodland Cultural Centre$25K
- ALUS Canada$25K
- UHN Foundation$15K
- Atelier de Dramaturgie de Montréal Inc./ Playwrights' Workshop (montreal) Inc.$9,000
- Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gillian Evans (director); Derek Evans (director); Timothy Evans (director); Sarah Evans (director); William Mark Evans (chairman); Matthew Evans (director); Chris Evans (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Purpleville Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859803041RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.