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WALTER AND DUNCAN GORDON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

WALTER AND DUNCAN GORDON CHARITABLE 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 $549,000 a year, mostly to education, community development and philanthropic organizations in Quebec, Ontario and Nunavut.

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 $549,000 a year. The most recent was 2023, at about $990,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Reported 170 gifts in total. The typical gift (median) was about $5,000 and the largest was about $150,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Gave to 67 different organizations. The largest recipients by dollars included L'INSTITUTION ROYALE POUR L'AVANCEMENT DES SCIENCES / ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING, Annaumakkaijiit Community Foundation and ONTARIO ARTS FOUNDATION/FONDATION DES ARTS DE L'ONTARIO.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went mostly to education (47%), community development (25%) and philanthropic (20%) organizations, based on each recipient's registered charity category.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went to recipients in Quebec (37%), Ontario (24%) and Nunavut (20%).CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Describes its charitable programs in its CRA return as: “1. Canadian North - provide grants to qualified donees and perform direct program activities to support research and education projects (including a Fellowship program) that increase Northern peoples' ability to participate in and help shape public policy and to ensure a broader understanding of policy issues that…”CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Website: http://www.gordonfoundation.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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