The Thor E and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 892742529RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,604,753) as filed with the CRA.
The Thor E and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable 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 $3.1M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 22 qualified donees totalling $1.2M in 2024, the largest being $713K to ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $609K in 2020 to $3.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The thor e and nicole eaton family charitable foundation provides financial support to other qualified donees. The foundation uses it's own initiative to identify the qualified donees it supports. During the year grants were awarded to various causes in arts and culture health education and other community benefits. Financial support to qualified donees varies annually.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.2M | $20.2M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $952K | — | — | $588K | $18.5M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $925K | — | — | $579K | $18.3M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $901K | — | — | $600K | $19.9M |
| 2020 | $609K | $1M | — | — | $593K | $17.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.2M to 22 qualified donees:
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$713K
- Delta Waterfowl Foundation$100K
- The Vimy Foundation/La Fondation Vimy$100K
- McMichael Canadian Art Foundation$50K
- Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital Foundation$35K
- Boost Child & Youth Advocacy Centre$33K
- Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Toronto Central Council$25K
- Crow's Theatre$25K
- Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada$25K
- Right To Food$20K
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$15K
- Israel Museums and Arts Canada$13K
- The Toronto Symphony$12K
- The Macdonald-Laurier Institute$10K
- The Toronto International Festival of Authors$10K
- Daily Bread Food Bank$5,200
- Scott Mission$5,200
- The Canada Ireland Foundation$5,000
- North Toronto Sports Foundation$5,000
- The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art$5,000
- The National Ballet of Canada/le Ballet National du Canada$2,500
- Buffalo Toronto Public Media$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$158K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nicole Eaton (director-trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Thor E and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892742529RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.