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.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$1,171,278
- Investment income$141,076
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.