Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119241701RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,492,813) as filed with the CRA.
Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $33.6M in revenue and $10.5M in expenditures.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 79 qualified donees totalling $9.2M in 2024, the largest being $2.8M to The Governing Council of the University of Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7.4M in 2020 to $33.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Providing assistance by financial donations in an organized fashion to various canadian charitable organization prescribed non-canadian universities and certain charitable organizations outisde canada
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $33.6M | $10.5M | — | — | $9.2M | $367.4M |
| 2023 | $214.2M | $7.7M | — | — | $7.3M | $344.3M |
| 2022 | $138.6M | $7.4M | — | — | $7M | $137.9M |
| 2021 | $5.6M | $4.9M | — | — | $4.5M | $6.6M |
| 2020 | $7.4M | $4.1M | — | — | $3.7M | $5.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $9.2M to 79 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$2.8M
- Fondation du Centre universitaire de santé McGill McGill University Health Centre Foundation$1.4M
- Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum$1M
- Sinai Health Foundation$500K
- UHN Foundation$330K
- International Fellowship of Christians and Jews of Canada$300K
- Brain Canada Foundation$275K
- Hillel Ontario$245K
- United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc$200K
- Beth Tzedec Congregation$150K
- Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto$118K
- Jias (jewish Immigrant Aid Services) Toronto$100K
- The Shalem Foundation Canada$100K
- The Macdonald-Laurier Institute$100K
- The Governors of ST. Francis Xavier University$100K
- Rhodes Scholarships in Canada$100K
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research$100K
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$100K
- Les Amis Canadiens de l'Université de Tel Aviv Inc. CanadianFriends of Tel Aviv University Inc.$90K
- Toronto Festival of Arts Culture and Creativity$50K
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$50K
- Canadian Institute for the Study of Global$50K
- Brothers for Life$50K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$50K
- Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Inc.$50K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$672K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lawrence Tanenbaum (chairman & ceo); Judith Tanenbaum (director); Michael Griffiths (secretary & director); Julie Tanenbaum-Albert (rpesident); Kenneth Tanenbaum (director); Lisa Gnat (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119241701RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.