The Sabourin Family Foundation
Private foundation · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 846980456RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,858,658) as filed with the CRA.
The Sabourin Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $12.7M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $167K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 21 qualified donees totalling $1.5M in 2024, the largest being $220K to The University of Western Ontario. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $12.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Donations to other qualified charitable organizations in the areas of education arts nature conservancy health and social welfare.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.7M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.5M | $27.8M |
| 2023 | $6.7M | $1.1M | — | — | $964K | $16.7M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $919K | — | — | $783K | $11.1M |
| 2021 | $5.5M | $985K | $235K | — | $750K | $11M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $614K | — | — | $605K | $6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.5M to 21 qualified donees:
- The University of Western Ontario$220K
- Trillium Health Partners Foundation$217K
- Art Gallery of Ontario$160K
- The Canadian Stage Corporation$141K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$125K
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$100K
- Toronto Metropolitan University$100K
- Aciac$100K
- Toronto Biennial of Art$75K
- The National Ballet of Canada/le Ballet National du Canada$50K
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada$31K
- Nova Scotia Nature Trust$25K
- Toronto Festival of Arts Culture and Creativity$25K
- Crow's Theatre$25K
- Food Banks Mississauga$20K
- Trails Youth Initiatives Inc.$12K
- The Necessary Angel Theatre Company$10K
- Native Women's Shelter of Montréal$10K
- Soulpepper Theatre Company$10K
- Armagh$10K
- Kingston Canadian Film Festival$2,500
Received $167K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Sabourin (director and chairman); Janice Everett-Sabourin (director president secretary); Thomas Sabourin (director); Ian Wood (director); Eric Tripp (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sabourin Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846980456RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.