Toyota Canada Foundation/fondation Toyota Canada
Private foundation · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 119268100RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($517,659) as filed with the CRA.
Toyota Canada Foundation/fondation Toyota Canada is a private foundation based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $518K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $437K in 2024, the largest being $200K to Actua. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $84K in 2020 to $2.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The toyota canada foundation funds organizations are initiatives that encourage young canadians to pursue an education and career in stem (science technology engineering & math) and educate canadians about safety technology.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $518K | — | — | $437K | $13M |
| 2023 | $2M | $417K | — | — | $350K | $10.7M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $857K | — | — | $417K | $9.1M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $427K | — | — | $417K | $8.1M |
| 2020 | $84K | $562K | — | — | $550K | $7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$1,490,000
- Other income$717,920
- Investment income$577,714
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 $437K to 3 qualified donees:
- Actua$200K
- Let's Talk Science/parlons Science$150K
- Indspire$87K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cyril Dimitris (director); Leslie Miller (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toyota Canada Foundation/fondation Toyota Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119268100RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.