This is a list of foundations in Canada.

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, foundations may be

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; , they made up 12% of all registered charities in Canada. , Canada had 4,961 public foundations and 6,189 private. Canadian foundations collectively comprise a very large asset base for

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. As of 2003, there were over 2,000 active

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foundations in Canada, who had total assets of CA$12.5 billion, with total grants given that year of over $1 billion. In 2018, public and private foundations held around $91.9 billion in assets and made $7 billion in grants. The largest foundation in Canada as of June 2023 is

Mastercard Foundation The Mastercard Foundation is an international non-governmental organization established by Mastercard in 2006. It is the wealthiest charitable foundation in Canada, and one of the wealthiest in the world, with 2024 assets of $47 billion. The or ...

(private), with $37 billion in assets.

List

The following is a list of foundations in Canada that have at least CA$10 million in assets, as per their most recent Registered Charity Information Return with the

Canada Revenue Agency The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA; ; ) is the revenue service of the Government of Canada, Canadian federal government, and most Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial and territorial governments. The CRA collects Taxation in Canada, taxes, ...

References

External links

Annual Registered Charity Information Returns from the Canada Revenue Agency

Foundation Search Canada

Ajah Fundtracker
- online directory of all of the Canadian foundations {{North America topic, List of foundations in *