Heitner Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 827278672RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,239,668) as filed with the CRA.
Heitner Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.2M in revenue and $10.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% 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 92% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 180 qualified donees totalling $10.2M in 2024, the largest being $5.2M to Moral Arc Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to charitable organizations that are also registered charities 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 | $5.2M | $10.2M | — | — | $10.2M | -$22.4M |
| 2023 | $29.9M | $17.6M | — | — | $17.6M | -$17.6M |
| 2022 | $14.1M | $19.4M | — | — | $19.4M | -$30.3M |
| 2021 | $19K | $13.7M | — | — | $13.7M | -$24.9M |
| 2020 | — | $12.6M | — | — | $12.6M | -$11.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10.2M to 180 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Moral Arc Foundation$5.2M
- Chasdei Rivka$263K
- Beth Medrash Govoha$246K
- Torah Umesorah Canada$240K
- Toronto Care Fund$203K
- Yeshiva Gedola Bridgeport of Canada Foundation$200K
- Eitz Chaim Schools$175K
- Les Amis Canadiens du Seminaire Yeshivah Mirer de Jerusalem Inc./canadian Friends of the Seminary Yeshivah Mirer of Jerusalem Inc.$175K
- K'Hal Toras Chesed$167K
- Bnos Chaya$153K
- Zichron Binyomin Charity Foundation$139K
- Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies$135K
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$125K
- The Institute of Torah Education$115K
- Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin$113K
- Bobever Yeshiva Bnei Zion Charitable Fund$112K
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$106K
- Sinai Health Foundation$100K
- Canadian Friends Mesifta Tifereth Israel of Rizhin Amis Canadiens Mesifta Tif Israel Rizhi$100K
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$100K
- Kav Shalom KHM$86K
- Bikur Cholim$83K
- Beth Jacob High School for Girls$80K
- Jewish Heritage Foundation International$75K
- The Tower of Light Children's Foundation Inc /la Fondation pour les Enfants Tour de Lumiere Inc.$75K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alex Heitner (secretary); Bernard Heitner (president); Mary Heitner (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Heitner Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 827278672RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.