The Salden Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 132897919RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($90,432) as filed with the CRA.
The Salden Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $503K in revenue and $90K 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 14% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $52K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Toronto Buddhist Church. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $30K in 2020 to $503K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Providing grants only to qualified donees as listed on the qualified donees worksheet. Organizations supported include those involved in education community support for the disabled and less fortunate medical research and care.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $503K | $90K | — | — | $52K | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $139K | $91K | — | — | $55K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | -$197K | $90K | — | — | $45K | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $353K | $82K | — | — | $45K | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $30K | $79K | — | — | $45K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $52K to 9 qualified donees:
- Toronto Buddhist Church$10K
- The Community Share Food Bank Inc.$10K
- Unitarian House of Ottawa-Maison Unitarienne d'Ottawa$5,000
- Emily Brydon Fernie Foundation$5,000
- East Kootenay Foundation for Health$5,000
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Canada Société Canadienne de la Sclérose Latérale Amyotrophique$5,000
- The Generalate of the Sisters of the Precious Blood$5,000
- Fernie Trails Alliance Association$5,000
- The Stop Community Food Centre$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gerald Jr. Hayden (chairman vice president); Kenneth Rippon; Neil Hayden.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Salden Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132897919RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.