Tripp/Smith Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 700335698RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,042,352) as filed with the CRA.
Tripp/Smith Family 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $1M in 2024, the largest being $947K to United Way of Greater Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Raising of funds for the purpose of supporting other worthy charitable organizations
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1M | — | — | $1M | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $706K | — | — | $701K | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $761K | $567K | — | — | $561K | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $802K | $661K | — | — | $657K | $1.5M |
| 2020 | -$42K | $308K | — | — | $303K | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1M to 16 qualified donees:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$947K
- Canadian Maritime Heritage Foundation$25K
- Alpine Canada Alpin$23K
- The Canadian Stage Corporation$10K
- Daily Bread Food Bank$6,331
- The University of Western Ontario$5,000
- Centraide des Régions du Centre$5,000
- Alpine Canada Alpin$4,000
- YWCA Toronto$2,149
- Toronto East Health Network Foundation$2,060
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,000
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$1,000
- MS Canada SP Canada$1,000
- Beach Metro Community News$1,000
- Kids Help Phone / Jeunesse J' Ecoute$500
- Movember Canada$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eric Tripp (president); Maria Smith (secretary/treasurer); Paul Sabourin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tripp/Smith Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 700335698RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.