The Scott Griffin Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 856500038RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($188,667) as filed with the CRA.
The Scott Griffin 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 $412K in revenue and $189K 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 55% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 18 qualified donees totalling $170K in 2024, the largest being $35K to Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain funds in support of qualified donees with an emphasis on organizations whose charitable objectives include the promotion of arts and education and the environment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $412K | $189K | — | — | $170K | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $143K | $153K | — | — | $136K | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $188K | $126K | — | — | $109K | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $393K | $290K | — | — | $272K | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $344K | $123K | — | — | $106K | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $170K to 18 qualified donees:
- Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto$35K
- Literary Review of Canada$25K
- The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry$15K
- Rosebud Legacy Society$10K
- Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko$10K
- The Coal Mine Theatre$10K
- Aciac$10K
- Jack.org$10K
- Tarragon Theatre$5,000
- The Lighthouse Program for Grieving Children$5,000
- Atelier de Dramaturgie de Montréal Inc./ Playwrights' Workshop (montreal) Inc.$5,000
- Friends of the Canadian War Museum$5,000
- St.John's Church$5,000
- Crow's Theatre$5,000
- Windmill Microlending$5,000
- Canada-Ukraine Foundation$5,000
- Dépôt alimentaire NDG$3,000
- Al Purdy A-Frame Association$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Griffin (chairman director); Krystyne Griffin (director); Tim Kirkfield Griffin (director); Tessa Griffin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Scott Griffin Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856500038RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.