Abraham Bleeman Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 123780751RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,987,152) as filed with the CRA.
Abraham Bleeman Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $795.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 123 qualified donees totalling $4.9M in 2024, the largest being $646K to Linas Tzedek Charitable Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Promotion of religious education and relief of poverty
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $5M | — | — | $4.9M | $4.3M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.9M | $6.7M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.2M | $12K | — | $2M | $7.2M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $2M | $22K | — | $1.9M | $6.9M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $2M | $22K | — | $1.9M | $6.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4.9M to 123 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Linas Tzedek Charitable Foundation$646K
- Jewish Heritage Foundation International$585K
- Nathan & Shani Bleeman Charitable Foundation$578K
- Shimon & Deena Smursz Charitable Foundation$526K
- Jewish Heritage Foundation International$390K
- Eitz Chaim Schools$200K
- Beth Jacob High School for Girls$144K
- Moral Arc Foundation$136K
- Moral Arc Foundation$136K
- Toronto Care Fund$100K
- Moral Arc Foundation$100K
- Moral Arc Foundation$95K
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$93K
- Moral Arc Foundation$90K
- Moral Arc Foundation$69K
- The Institute of Torah Education$55K
- Moral Arc Foundation$50K
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$48K
- Canadian Friends of Yeshivat Aish Hatorah$40K
- Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies$36K
- Tiferes Bais Yaakov$30K
- The Canadian Friends of Ohr Somayach - Tanenbaum Centre - College of Judaic Studies$30K
- Torah Schools for Israel$28K
- Community Pillar$27K
- Mosdos Bobov$25K
Received $795 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Abraham Bleeman (chairman); Eva Bleeman (secretary); Nathan Bleeman; Aaron Bleeman.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Abraham Bleeman Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 123780751RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.