Leo and Shirley Goldfarb Foundation/fondation Leo and Shirley Goldfarb
Private foundation · Westmount, Quebec · BN 887187011RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($249,432) as filed with the CRA.
Leo and Shirley Goldfarb Foundation/fondation Leo and Shirley Goldfarb is a private foundation based in Westmount, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $293K in revenue and $249K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 40 qualified donees totalling $185K in 2024, the largest being $150K to Federation Cja. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $556K in 2020 to $293K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Grants awarded to qualified donees in accordance with the income tax act (canada)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $293K | $249K | — | — | $185K | $3M |
| 2023 | $203K | $271K | — | — | $210K | $2.9M |
| 2022 | -$159K | $258K | — | — | $193K | $3M |
| 2021 | $305K | $320K | — | — | $239K | $3.4M |
| 2020 | $556K | $764K | — | — | $692K | $3.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $185K to 40 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Federation Cja$150K
- Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/montreal Symphony Orchestra$10K
- Segal Centre For Performing Arts$3,600
- Alzheimer Groupe (a.g.i.) Inc.$2,500
- Israel Cancer Research Fund Fondation d'Israël pour la Recherche sur le Cancer$1,800
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$1,250
- J.r.h. Foundation$1,000
- ST Mary's Hospital Foundation - Chairman's Circle$1,000
- Hadassah-Wizo Organization Of Canada$1,000
- Jewish Eldercare (Montreal CHSLD) Foundation$1,000
- The Montreal General Hospital Foundation$1,000
- Hadassah-Wizo Organization Of Canada$1,000
- Fondation Habilitas Habilitas Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Cancer Society$1,000
- L'Association Hebraique des Jeunes Hommes Jeunes Femmes de Montréal/The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Montreal$613
- Benjamin and Vanda Treiser Maison Shalom Inc./Benjamin and Vanda Treiser Shalom House Inc.$600
- Projet Genèse-Project Genesis$600
- Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation$500
- Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors Foundation/fondation Centre Juif Cummings pour Aines$500
- La Fondation du refuge pour femmes Chez Doris Inc. Chez Doris Women's Shelter Foundation Inc.$500
- St. Mary's Hospital Foundation$500
- Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors Foundation/fondation Centre Juif Cummings pour Aines$500
- Miriam Foundation$450
- Baron de Hirsch-Back River Cemeteries Inc.$360
- Hadassah-Wizo Organization Of Canada$360
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shirley Goldfarb (president); Susan Hitzig (vice-president); Harvey Wolfe (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Leo and Shirley Goldfarb Foundation/fondation Leo and Shirley Goldfarb’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887187011RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.