Berishaindel Charity Fund
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 798543518RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,758,912) as filed with the CRA.
Berishaindel Charity Fund is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $5.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5.8M in 2024, the largest being $5.8M to The Chaim Moshe Friedman Memorial Fund. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $6.9M in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The relief of poverty. The advancement of education. The advancement of religion and the advancement of other charitable purposes which benefit the community as a whole.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $5.8M | — | — | $5.8M | -$4.9M |
| 2023 | $395K | $7.6M | — | — | $7.6M | -$842K |
| 2022 | $8.2M | $4.6M | — | — | $4.6M | $6.3M |
| 2021 | $8M | $12.3M | — | — | $8.2M | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $6.9M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.9M | $6.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5.8M to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ben Friedman (trustee); Phyllis Friedman (trustee); Saul Friedman (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Berishaindel Charity Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 798543518RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.