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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$153,729
- Investment income$58,342
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.