Bernard & Norton Wolf Family Foundation
Private foundation · London, Ontario · BN 888667649RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,327,260) as filed with the CRA.
Bernard & Norton Wolf Family Foundation is a private foundation based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.4M in revenue and $1.3M 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 87% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $492K in 2024, the largest being $100K to VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $3.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To support charitable educational and cultural activities in North America. We support the following organizations through annual grants; St. Joseph's Health Care Foundation F9; Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies D1; Easter Seals Ontario F9; Rick Hansen Foundation F9;United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto D1; London United Jewish Appeal D1; Regent Park School of Music D1; Camp Oochiegeas F9; Save a Child's Heart Foundation F9; Mote Manne G2; The holy Blossom Temple Foundation F5; Wildlife Conservation Society Canada G2; Book Clubs for Inmates F5; The Baycrest Centre Foundation F9;…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $1.3M | $222K | — | $1.1M | $25M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $1.3M | $216K | — | $1.1M | $23M |
| 2022 | -$1.5M | $1.1M | $214K | — | $842K | $21.9M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $1M | $185K | — | $798K | $24.5M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1M | $228K | — | $799K | $22.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$2,346,866
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 $492K to 19 qualified donees:
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$100K
- Georgian Bay Cancer Support Centre$75K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$60K
- Fanshawe College Foundation$50K
- Technion Canada$45K
- The Land Between$30K
- B'nai Brith of Canada Foundation$20K
- Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies$20K
- HR Canada Charitable Organization$20K
- United Hatzalah Canada$10K
- Save a Child's Heart Foundation$10K
- Campfire Circle Autour du Feu$10K
- Ontario Society for Crippled Children$10K
- Community Music Schools of Toronto Foundation$10K
- The Toronto Jewish Film Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Friends of the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind$5,000
- The Guesthouse Shelter$5,000
- Georgian Bay Food Network$3,500
- Nelson Community Services Society$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Leitner (director); Linda Smith (director); Ron Wolf (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bernard & Norton Wolf Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888667649RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.