THE CATHERINE DONNELLY FOUNDATION
Private foundationFoundations·12 MONTCREST BLVD. · TORONTO, ON · M4K 1J7·BN 861653624RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-08-31
This is a foundation: it mostly grants money to other charities, so program-spending ratios are the wrong lens. We show the share of spending disbursed to qualified donees instead.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The Catherine Donnelly Foundation allocates its funding to a combination of programs and projects in its priority areas of Environment Housing and Civic Engagement for Social Change. It aims to promote joint action building on one another’s strengths constituencies and common experiences in pursuit of its objectives. The Catherine Donnelly Foundation supports projects that promote active citizenship democracy and personal and social transformation. The Catherine Donnelly Foundation works to accelerate the transition to a post-carbon world. The Foundation models this commitment by gran… Show more
The Catherine Donnelly Foundation allocates its funding to a combination of programs and projects in its priority areas of Environment Housing and Civic Engagement for Social Change. It aims to promote joint action building on one another’s strengths constituencies and common experiences in pursuit of its objectives. The Catherine Donnelly Foundation supports projects that promote active citizenship democracy and personal and social transformation. The Catherine Donnelly Foundation works to accelerate the transition to a post-carbon world. The Foundation models this commitment by granting funds for the protection and preservation of the environment and through its impact investing. The Catherine Donnelly Foundation applies funds for the provision of adequate and affordable housing to persons of low income. It collaborates with organizations working to alleviate and end homelessness by addressing a lack of affordable housing through innovative and collaborative strategies and solutions.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Disbursed to qualified donees
T1 · computed (open data)48%
Per its F2024 T3010, this share of total spending went to other registered charities.
T3010 line 5050 ÷ 5100 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)35%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)82 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$9.4M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-31 | $-549K | 71¢ | 29% | 36.6 yr |
| 2020-08-31 | $6.2M | 75¢ | 25% | 28.9 yr |
| 2021-08-31 | $17.8M | 92¢ | 8% | 30 yr |
| 2022-08-31 | $-3000K | 82¢ | 18% | 33.1 yr |
| 2023-08-31 | $3.1M | 67¢ | 33% | 74.7 yr |
| 2024-08-31 | $9.4M | 65¢ | 35% | 82 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
Board of directors
15 directors reported · 15 of 15at arm's length
- JACKSON, ANNE-MARIECHAIRarm's length
- YAM, GLADYSTREASURERarm's length
- MORGAN, RICHARDVICE-CHAIRarm's length
- SPETH, JANETDIRECTORarm's length
- MAINVILLE, SARADIRECTORarm's length
- SHAH, DEVIKASECRETARYarm's length
- HOLMES, KELLYDIRECTORarm's length
- HOUGH, PETERPAST CHAIRarm's length
- YANO, SHERRYDIRECTORarm's length
- RAJAGOPAL, SUCHETAMEMBER AT LARGEarm's length
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- Hrynkow, ChristopherDirectorarm's length
- Alderson, DallasDirectorarm's length
- Tusz-King, EricDirectorarm's length
- Thornhill, GailDirectorarm's length
- Chang, Anthony WDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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