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Fighting Blindness Canada

Fighting Blindness Canada is a Canadian registered charity based in Toronto, Ontario. It reported gifts to qualified donees in each of the last five reporting years, averaging about $1.6 million a year, mostly to education and health organizations in Ontario.

Giving: Over $1M a year

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Facts

• Reported gifts to qualified donees in each of the last five reporting years, averaging about $1.6 million a year. The most recent was 2023, at about $1.5 million.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Reported 75 gifts in total. The typical gift (median) was about $70,000 and the largest was about $527,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Gave to 29 different organizations. The largest recipients by dollars included THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, Sinai Health System and THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went mostly to education (59%) and health (36%) 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 (72%), Quebec (9%) and British Columbia (8%).CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Describes its charitable programs in its CRA return as: “Fighting Blindness Canada leads the fight against blindness by advancing research in to vision loss and blindness, education and public awareness. To advance vision research we fund qualified donees, researchers and clinicians to investigate treatments and cures for vision loss and blindness.”CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Website listed in the CRA charity register: https://www.ffb.ca (as of 2025-01-31).CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31

Sources

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

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