The Roy Wilson Parks Endowment
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 897698510RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($132,210) as filed with the CRA.
The Roy Wilson Parks Endowment is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $861K in revenue and $132K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $90K in 2024, the largest being $90K to City of Kawartha Lakes. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
As set out under the terms of the will of the late leroy percival wilson a fund known as the roy wilson parks endowment is established and the net income is paid to the town of lindsay parks board which is a qualified donee for the maintenance beautification operation and expansion of the parks in the town of lindsay (now known as the city of kawartha lakes)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $861K | $132K | — | — | $90K | $17.6M |
| 2023 | $1M | $845K | — | — | $778K | $15.5M |
| 2022 | $970K | $503K | — | — | $435K | $14.8M |
| 2021 | $847K | $70K | — | — | — | $16.9M |
| 2020 | $672K | $286K | — | — | $218K | $14.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $90K to 1 qualified donee:
- City of Kawartha Lakes$90K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scotiatrust (trustee); J Scott McLeod (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Roy Wilson Parks Endowment’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897698510RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.