Jonathon D. Fischer Foundation
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 813080330RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,545,171) as filed with the CRA.
Jonathon D. Fischer 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 $2.4M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $590K in 2024, the largest being $120K to Maxwell Leadership Foundation of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $818K in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The distriubution of funds to qualified donees the distribution of funds for other charitable activities in futherance of the foundation's purposes. The five pillars of focus for the foundation are education medical needs human trafficking water projects and animal rights.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $1.5M | — | — | $590K | $15.6M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $849K | $14.7M |
| 2022 | -$938K | $1.6M | — | — | $1.1M | $14.8M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | — | — | — | — | $17.3M |
| 2020 | $818K | $919K | $454K | — | $399K | $16.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $590K to 16 qualified donees:
- Maxwell Leadership Foundation of Canada$120K
- The Military Families Support Society$76K
- True Patriot Love Foundation$75K
- David Foster Foundation$75K
- WE Charity$35K
- Pinball Foundation$30K
- The Monarca Canada Foundation$27K
- Pinball Foundation$25K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$25K
- Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides/fondation des Lions du Canada Chien-Guides$25K
- Maxwell Leadership Foundation of Canada$21K
- David Foster Foundation$20K
- ReLeaf Foundation of Canada$15K
- Hearts for Healthcare Ltd.$10K
- The Monarca Canada Foundation$8,611
- Royal Canadian Air Force Foundation$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jonathan Fischer (treasurer); Lorne Saltman (secretary); Christine Avanti Fischer (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jonathon D. Fischer Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 813080330RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.