Eric Weiss Family Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 759529910RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($153,524) as filed with the CRA.
Eric Weiss Family Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $93K in revenue and $154K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 35 qualified donees totalling $200K in 2022, the largest being $63K to Moral Arc Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $156K in 2020 to $93K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Selection of and disbursements to qualified donees
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $93K | $154K | — | — | $153K | $254K |
| 2023 | -$1,680 | $210K | — | — | $210K | $315K |
| 2022 | -$13K | $200K | — | — | $200K | $526K |
| 2021 | $832K | $328K | — | — | $328K | $740K |
| 2020 | $156K | $149K | — | — | $149K | $236K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Granted $200K to 35 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Moral Arc Foundation$63K
- Les Amis Canadiens du Seminaire Yeshivah Mirer de Jerusalem Inc./canadian Friends of the Seminary Yeshivah Mirer of Jerusalem Inc.$60K
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Shmayahu$13K
- Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies$13K
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$9,429
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$9,000
- Institute for Advanced Talmudic and Halachic Studies$8,600
- Canadian Friends of Yad Eliezar$3,850
- Congregation Shoavei Mayim$3,000
- Yeshivas Keser Torah$2,950
- Maharam Tav Fund$1,800
- The Institute of Torah Education$1,500
- Kupas Hachesed Meoroth$1,500
- Toronto Cheder$1,250
- Peylim of Canada$1,000
- Ezrat Mehabrim$1,000
- Ezras Hakahal$1,000
- Tiferes Bais Yaakov$750
- Toronto Care Fund$500
- The Jewish Connection: Kesher Yisrael$500
- Canadian Foundation for the Education and Welfare of Jews Ofthe C I S$500
- B'Nai Zion Charity Fund$400
- Kollel Daf Yomi Institute$360
- Canadian Friends of Passaic Yeshiva$360
- Beth Jacob High School for Girls$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eric Weiss (trustee); Rena Weiss (trustee); Alexander Hofstedter (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Eric Weiss Family Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 759529910RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.