Essenem Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 846038875RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,341,244) as filed with the CRA.
Essenem Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Thornhill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1,423 in revenue and $7.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $7.3M in 2024, the largest being $7.3M to Chasdei Hashem Charitable Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $284K in 2020 to $1,423 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Receipt of donations into the fund or funds; disbursement of funds to organizations that are registered canadian charities and other 'qualified donees' under the income tax act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,423 | $7.3M | — | — | $7.3M | $11K |
| 2023 | $7.4M | $89K | — | — | $85K | $7.4M |
| 2022 | $42K | $158K | — | — | $158K | $318 |
| 2021 | $270K | $233K | — | — | $232K | $117K |
| 2020 | $284K | $205K | — | — | $205K | $79K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7.3M to 3 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Saul Rabinowitz (trustee); Moishe Bergman (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Essenem Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846038875RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.