Chesed Charity Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118851278RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($223,200) as filed with the CRA.
Chesed Charity Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $362K in revenue and $223K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 47 qualified donees totalling $221K in 2024, the largest being $42K to Moral Arc Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $128K in 2020 to $362K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Gifts to other charitable organizations as well as charitable activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $362K | $223K | $2,310 | — | $221K | $425K |
| 2023 | $265K | $162K | $3,628 | — | $158K | $286K |
| 2022 | $145K | $207K | $1,222 | — | $206K | $183K |
| 2021 | $284K | $124K | $1,470 | — | $122K | $245K |
| 2020 | $128K | $135K | $3,570 | — | $131K | $85K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $221K to 47 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Moral Arc Foundation$42K
- Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies$35K
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Shmayahu$22K
- Bnos Bais Yaakov High School$20K
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$19K
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$17K
- The B&C Zy Gezunt Charitable Foundation$17K
- Bais Hatalmud$13K
- Kav Shalom KHM$4,991
- Chevra Oseh Chesed Financial Assistance Organization$4,350
- Kollel Toras Moshe$3,600
- Ruchama Fraidel Relief Organization$3,310
- Agudath Israel Con$3,160
- Beth Jacob High School for Girls$2,500
- B'Nai Zion Charity Fund$1,818
- Mosdos Bobov$1,680
- Sinai Child CARE Services$1,360
- Yeshivas Nachalas Zvi$1,093
- Bikur Cholim$880
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation$800
- Institute for Advanced Talmudic and Halachic Studies$720
- Hebrew Centre of Belle Ewart$680
- Yeshivas Keser Torah$432
- Philadelphia Yeshiva$360
- Priority-1 Outreach Program Foundation for Judaism$360
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Samuel Gellis (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chesed Charity Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118851278RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.