Benjamin Herbert Birstein Trust #2
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 793683087RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($361,135) as filed with the CRA.
Benjamin Herbert Birstein Trust #2 is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $361K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $361K in 2024, the largest being $361K to Sinai Health Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $352K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024.
In its own words
The benjamin herbert birstein trust #2 (the charitable trust) was granted registered charity status on august 18 2017. The charitable trust provides grants consistent with its charitable purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $361K | — | — | $361K | $7.9M |
| 2023 | $646K | $338K | — | — | $338K | $6.9M |
| 2022 | -$309K | $344K | — | — | $344K | $6.6M |
| 2021 | $673K | $349K | — | — | $349K | $7.3M |
| 2020 | $352K | $310K | — | — | $310K | $6.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $361K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Benjamin Herbert Birstein Trust #2’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 793683087RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.