Bierbrier Family Foundation
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 786606319RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($387,236) as filed with the CRA.
Bierbrier Family Foundation is a private foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $179K in revenue and $387K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $129K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 38 qualified donees totalling $383K in 2024, the largest being $153K to Kollel Daf Yomi Institute. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $3.3M in 2020 to $179K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Gifts to others within the meaning of the income tax act of canada -support of religious education and advancement
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $179K | $387K | — | — | $383K | $835K |
| 2023 | $252K | $584K | — | — | $575K | $1M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $803K | — | — | $800K | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $3.8M | — | — | $3.8M | $1M |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $146K | $134K | — | $134K | $3.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $383K to 38 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Kollel Daf Yomi Institute$153K
- The Heart to Heart Foundation$50K
- Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies$50K
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$41K
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$21K
- Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto$17K
- Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto$7,615
- Moral Arc Foundation$7,325
- Misaskim Canada$5,500
- Congregation Ahavas Torah$5,285
- Zichron Binyomin Charity Foundation$4,827
- Toronto Care Fund$4,000
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Shmayahu$2,500
- Beth Jacob High School for Girls$2,500
- Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies$1,800
- The Small Wonders Charitable Organization$1,687
- Jacs Toronto$1,110
- Hatzoloh Toronto$1,068
- Hachnosas Kallah$735
- Torath Emeth Jewish Centre$500
- Kollel Toras Moshe$500
- Keren Ontario$500
- Kav Shalom KHM$500
- Canadian Friends of Kollel Tiferes Yitzchok of Aleksander$500
- Torah Umesorah Canada$360
Received $129K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nathan Biebrier (trustee); Kara Biebrier (trustee); Lawrence Koenig (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bierbrier Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 786606319RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.