The Winged Achene Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 725015937RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($961,935) as filed with the CRA.
The Winged Achene 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 $1.1M in revenue and $962K 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 7% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $378K in 2024, the largest being $88K to Fondation du Centre universitaire de santé McGill McGill University Health Centre Foundation.
In its own words
In 2024 the foundation was monitoring the activities of existing donees and meeting their staff. In preparation for annual disbursements in 2025 board members sought out appropriate charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $962K | — | — | $425K | $8.8M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $905K | — | — | $286K | $8.7M |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $498K | — | — | $195K | $7.4M |
| 2021 | $5.2M | $86K | — | — | $63K | $5.1M |
| 2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$573,071
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $378K to 12 qualified donees:
- Fondation du Centre universitaire de santé McGill McGill University Health Centre Foundation$88K
- Journalists for Human Rights (JHR)$50K
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$50K
- Second Harvest Canada$40K
- CANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY/La Société pour la nature et les parcs du Canada$25K
- Room To Read Canada$25K
- YWCA Toronto$25K
- Give Kids a Chance Foundation$25K
- Working Gear Clothing Society$20K
- Dress for Success Kingston$20K
- Georgian Bay Mnidoo Gamii Biosphere$5,000
- Weengushk Film Institute$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Winged Achene Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 725015937RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.