Tippet Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119265072RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($874,004) as filed with the CRA.
Tippet 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 $874K 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 46% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 43 qualified donees totalling $744K in 2024, the largest being $28K to All Sanints Church Community Centre. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the charity is to support charitable activities with are to be carried out within the province of ontario and that conform to the foundation's mandate
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $874K | — | — | $744K | $16.4M |
| 2023 | $599K | $891K | — | — | $777K | $14.8M |
| 2022 | $841K | $834K | — | — | $715K | $14.5M |
| 2021 | $795K | $804K | — | — | $677K | $16M |
| 2020 | $884K | $702K | — | — | $580K | $14.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $744K to 43 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- All Sanints Church Community Centre$28K
- Youth Without Shelter Terra House North Toronto Emergency Residence and Referral Agency$25K
- The Children's Book Bank$25K
- Street Health Community Nursing Foundation$25K
- North York Harvest Food Bank$25K
- Women's Hostels Incorporated$25K
- Jennifer Ashleigh Children's Charity$25K
- House of Compassion of Toronto$25K
- Fred Victor Centre$25K
- Abiona Centre for Infant & Early Mental Health$25K
- The Yonge Street Mission$20K
- Victim Services Toronto$20K
- The Stop Community Food Centre$20K
- Sistema Toronto Academy$20K
- Sherbourne Health Centre Corporation$20K
- Native Child and Family Services of Toronto$20K
- Makeway Charitable Society$20K
- Jane/finch Community and Family Centre$20K
- Interval House$20K
- The Good Neighbours' Club$20K
- Haven on the Queensway$20K
- East Toronto Family Community Centre$20K
- Community Music Schools of Toronto Foundation$20K
- Christie Refugee Welcome Centre Inc.$20K
- BGC Toronto Kiwanis$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Heather Burch (director); Hugh Desbrisay (secretary); Michael Fricker (vice president); Caroline Gordon (director); Bramwell Pemberton (director); Paul Richardson (treasurer); Heather Thomson (director); Richard White (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tippet Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119265072RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.