Ashkenaz Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 883152936RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,074,940) as filed with the CRA.
Ashkenaz Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 9% from government, 56% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $366K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $519K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Bi-annual festival to aid in fostering and increasing awareness of yiddish and jewish culture through the arts.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $677K |
| 2023 | $657K | $449K | $376K | — | — | $626K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $576K |
| 2021 | $495K | $321K | $291K | $96 | — | $563K |
| 2020 | $519K | $312K | $286K | — | — | $371K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $366K from 14 charities:
- The Azrieli Foundation$90K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$83K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$71K
- Zukerman Family Foundation$50K
- Toronto Workmen's Circle Foundation$32K
- Wagner Green Family Trust$10K
- Emerald Foundation$7,000
- Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation$5,600
- The DH Gales Family Charitable Foundation of Toronto$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,601
- Lifetime Charitable Foundation$2,500
- Israel Koschitzky Family Charitable Foundation$2,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$1,800
- The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation$1,800
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$332K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Tisch (vice-president); Miriam Borden (president); Ed Segalowitz (treasurer); Badar Shamim (director); Risa Epstein (director); Ryan Peck (director); Leanne Wright (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ashkenaz Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 883152936RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.