Famglas Foundation
Private foundation · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 877690719RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($828,853) as filed with the CRA.
Famglas 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 $3.8M in revenue and $829K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 30 qualified donees totalling $810K in 2024, the largest being $200K to Mizrachi Organization Of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.3M in 2020 to $3.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The charity distributes funds to various religious education and health organizations in the country.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $829K | — | — | $810K | $25.9M |
| 2023 | $6.3M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.8M | $22.9M |
| 2022 | $4.4M | $1M | — | — | $1M | $18.4M |
| 2021 | $5.5M | $635K | — | — | $613K | $15M |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $305K | — | — | $295K | $10.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $810K to 30 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Mizrachi Organization Of Canada$200K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$150K
- Leket Canada$100K
- Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation$52K
- Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation/fondation Canadienne de l'Hopital Shaare Zedek$45K
- Canadian Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem$36K
- Hadassah-Wizo Organization Of Canada$30K
- Dani Developing and Nurturing Independence$25K
- United Chesed of Toronto and Vicinity$20K
- Jewish Family and Child Service of Greater Toronto$20K
- One Family Fund Canada$18K
- Canadian Friends of Laniado Hospital Ontario Region$18K
- Moral Arc Foundation$14K
- IDF Widows and Orphans Canada$10K
- Hadassah-Wizo Organization Of Canada$10K
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$10K
- Canadian Friends of Yad Eliezer$7,850
- Emunah Canada$7,200
- Kayla's Children Centre$5,000
- Jacs Toronto$5,000
- Canadian Friends of Yad Lachim Organization$5,000
- Canadian Friends of the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind$5,000
- Yachad the Canadian Jewish Council for Disabilities$3,600
- Jews for Judaism$3,600
- Kav Shalom KHM$2,680
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alex Glasenberg (director); Rise Glasenberg (director); Manfred Sandler (director); Jonathan Grauman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Famglas Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 877690719RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.