The Sonor Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 888999042RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,196,960) as filed with the CRA.
The Sonor Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $31.8M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 46 qualified donees totalling $2.6M in 2024, the largest being $205K to Egale Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Evaluation of charities as possible donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $31.8M | $3.2M | $99K | — | $2.7M | $86.9M |
| 2023 | $13.3M | -$1.3M | — | — | $1.7M | $58.3M |
| 2022 | $11.8M | $1.2M | — | — | $1M | $50.6M |
| 2021 | $19.4M | $962K | — | — | $880K | $40M |
| 2020 | -$1M | $768K | — | — | $762K | $21.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.6M to 46 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Egale Canada$205K
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$200K
- The Canadian Civil Liberties Association$200K
- JusticeTrans$154K
- Interwoven Connections Connexions Entrelacées$114K
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$110K
- Food Allergy Canada / Allergies Alimentaires Canada$110K
- AGIR: Action lesbienne gai bisexuelle trans et queer (LGBTQ) avec les immigrants et réfugiés$110K
- Restoration and Empowerment for Social Transition Centre$102K
- Save the Children Canada/aide À l'Enfance Canada$100K
- Women's College Hospital Foundation$100K
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$100K
- Spence Neighborhood Association$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$100K
- Imagine Canada$100K
- Rainbow Refugee Society$80K
- Projet 10 / Project 10$80K
- Parents Support Services Society of BC$80K
- Durham Youth Services$77K
- Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights$75K
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$38K
- QQS (eyes) Projects Society$33K
- Ten Oaks Project$31K
- Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto$30K
- The Fraser Institute$30K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$278K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Gardiner (director & vice-chair); Kelly Murray (secretary); Mark Gardiner (vice-president); Rebecca Gardiner (director; ceo & chair); Scott Gardiner (director); Narinder Dhami (president); Fanny Grenier (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sonor Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888999042RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.