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Banting Discovery Foundation

Banting Discovery Foundation is a Canadian public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario. It reported gifts to qualified donees in 4 of the last five reporting years, averaging about $220,000 a year, mostly to education organizations in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia.

Giving: $100K to $1M a year

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Facts

• Reported gifts to qualified donees in 4 of the last five reporting years, averaging about $220,000 a year. The most recent was 2023, at about $178,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Reported 34 gifts in total. The typical gift (median) was about $25,000 and the largest was about $50,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Gave to 30 different organizations. The largest recipients by dollars included THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, Institut National de la recherche scientifique and YORK UNIVERSITY.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went mostly to education (85%) and health (15%) organizations, based on each recipient's registered charity category.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went to recipients in Ontario (63%), Quebec (15%) and British Columbia (12%).CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Describes its charitable programs in its CRA return as: “IN THE SPIRIT OF SIR FREDERICK BANTING IN WHOSE HONOR THE BANTING RESEARCH FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1925, THE FOUNDATION AWARDS RANTS IN ALL FIELDS OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH TO OUTSTANDING CANADIAN INVESTIGATORS AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR INDEPENDENT CAREERS TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE INNOVATIVE NEW APPROACHES TO THE…”CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Website: http://bantingresearchfoundation.ca/. Last checked 2026-10-25.Funder website · 2026-10-25

Sources

CRA T3010 charity information returns. Last updated 2025-01-31.

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