Facing History and Ourselves
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 821814019RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($600,747) as filed with the CRA.
Facing History and Ourselves is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $588K in revenue and $601K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations, 47% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $500K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The organization's function is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism prejudice and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $588K | $601K | $468K | $59K | — | $129K |
| 2023 | $610K | $609K | $468K | $59K | — | $142K |
| 2022 | $604K | $558K | $435K | $54K | — | $138K |
| 2021 | $513K | $487K | $389K | $46K | — | $96K |
| 2020 | $744K | $748K | $597K | $71K | — | $70K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $500K from 12 charities:
- The Roel C. Buck Family Foundation Canada Inc.$205K
- The Azrieli Foundation$125K
- Barry and Laurie Green Family Charitable Trust$50K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$31K
- Lindy Green Family Foundation$25K
- The Rachel and Jason Schwartz Family Foundation$25K
- Rotary Club of Toronto Eglinton Charitable Foundation$16K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$15K
- Indigo Love of Reading Foundation$5,250
- Irving L. Rosen Foundation$2,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$848
- Toronto Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$489K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rachel Schwartz (chair); Lesley Shore (director); Margaret Wells (director); Ronald Hoffman (director); Nate Leipciger (director); Jeff Rayman (director); Max Rubin (director); Michael Uster (director); Allan Wong (director); Sharon Weintraub (director); Anne-Marie Fitzgerald (director); .
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Facing History and Ourselves’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821814019RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.