The Sanfilippo Children's Research Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 873913628RR0001 · Research · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($150,514) as filed with the CRA.
The Sanfilippo Children's Research Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under research. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $23K in revenue and $151K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from donations, 33% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $150K in 2024, the largest being $150K to Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $105K in 2020 to $23K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The goal of The Sanfilippo Children's Research Foundation is to fund medical research to find a cure for the Sanfilippo syndrome and its related neuro-genetic disorders. This is achieved by hosting a fund raising Gala dinner and auction golf tournaments and donations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $23K | $151K | — | — | $150K | $87K |
| 2023 | $39K | $2,744 | — | — | — | $214K |
| 2022 | $106K | $132K | — | — | $130K | $178K |
| 2021 | $45K | $26K | — | — | — | $203K |
| 2020 | $105K | $46K | — | — | $39K | $185K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $150K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $13K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Randall Linton (director); Elisabeth Linton (director); Norman MacLeod (director); David Kraulis (director); David Valentine (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sanfilippo Children's Research Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 873913628RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.