Entrusting your charitable endowment to us is cost-effective, can ease your workload, and is part of a strong organizational sustainability plan. Take advantage of our professional investment management, donor administration and grantmaking expertise by establishing a Registered Charity Endowment with us. We'd like to help.

Registered Charity Endowment Funds
For many charitable organizations, an endowment fund is a way of building capacity and ensuring longevity for their organization. The Toronto Community Foundation has the mission, charitable tax structure and specialized staff to support registered charities in building and sustaining endowments.

The day-to-day management and administration, coupled with the need to retain the services of lawyers, fund managers and accountants to administer a charitable endowment can be time consuming and costly for many organizations. We make it easy and much more affordable.

United Way Toronto is one of many community organizations that retain our services to invest and administer its own community-wide endowment, the Tomorrow Fund.

Getting Started
Charities registered with Canada Revenue Agency may establish their Registered Charity Endowment Fund with a minimum gift of $25,000 over two years.

How Registered Charity Endowment Funds Work

• Annually, the Toronto Community Foundation directs income to the charitable organization for its unrestricted use.
• Your Registered Charity Endowment Fund may accept additional gifts from you and/or your donor base.
• Should your organization cease to exist, we'll direct income from your established fund to other charitable organizations with similar missions.

Benefits to Your Organization

Professional Investment Management at a Reasonable Cost
For very reasonable fees, your endowment fund benefits from our professional investment management and solid returns that protect the capital to create a "gift that keeps on giving."
Learn more about how we invest ››

Service Second-to-None
In addition to our responsible investment management, Registered Charity Endowment Funds take advantage of our philanthropic and administrative expertise, including:

• Facilitation of complicated philanthropic transactions, such as gifts of appreciated marketable securities and life insurance;
• Compliance with all Canada Revenue Agency reporting and disbursement requirements; and
• Updates on your Fund on a Quarterly basis, or as often as you'd like.

What our Fundholders Are Saying
"With a higher rate of return on investment, in conjunction with the ability to manage the acceptance of many gift types quickly, it makes sense to have the endowment administered by the Toronto Community Foundation."
- AIDS Committee of Toronto

"[We] can rely on the Toronto Community Foundation to provide strong administrative support, governance, and investment returns to [our] endowment assets so that resources can be reallocated to value-added programs, services, and asset development initiatives."
- Martha Murphy, Executive Director, Campbellford/Seymour Community Foundation

Contact Us
For further information, or to establish your organization's Registered Charity Endowment Fund, please contact a member of our Development and Professional Advisory Services Team ››