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The Firstline Foundation

The Firstline Foundation is a Canadian private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario. It reported gifts to qualified donees in each of the last five reporting years, averaging about $589,000 a year, mostly to human services and health organizations in Ontario and British Columbia.

Giving: $100K to $1M a year

Facts

• Reported gifts to qualified donees in each of the last five reporting years, averaging about $589,000 a year. The most recent was 2023, at about $1.4 million.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Reported 57 gifts in total. The typical gift (median) was about $25,000 and the largest was about $292,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Gave to 34 different organizations. The largest recipients by dollars included CANADIAN UNICEF COMMITTEE/COMITE UNICEF CANADA, THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY LA SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DE LA CROIX-ROUGE and UNHCR.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went mostly to human services (45%), health (29%) and philanthropic (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 (87%) and British Columbia (11%).CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Describes its charitable programs in its CRA return as: “We established a fund from donations received from donors. We ended the year by making donations to some qualified donees.”CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31

Sources

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

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