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.
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.