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THE SIMONS FOUNDATION CANADA

THE SIMONS FOUNDATION CANADA is a Canadian private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia. It reported gifts to qualified donees in each of the last five reporting years, averaging about $246,000 a year, mostly to education organizations in British Columbia and Ontario.

Giving: $100K to $1M a year

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Facts

• Reported gifts to qualified donees in each of the last five reporting years, averaging about $246,000 a year. The most recent was 2023, at about $323,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Reported 71 gifts in total. The typical gift (median) was about $1,000 and the largest was about $190,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Gave to 21 different organizations. The largest recipients by dollars included SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY and CONRAD GREBEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went mostly to education (83%), religious (8%) and arts and culture (6%) organizations, based on each recipient's registered charity category.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went to recipients in British Columbia (65%) and Ontario (35%).CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Describes its charitable programs in its CRA return as: “FUND CHARITIES THAT ASSIT THE UNDERPRIVILEGED, HEALTH, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. SUPPORT EDUCATION IN PEACE AND GLOBAL CORPERATION, NUCLEAR ABOLITION, HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND OTHER RELATED HUMANITIES ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE”CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Website: http://www.thesimonsfoundation.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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