Leonard Wolinsky Foundation
Private foundation · Unionville, Ontario · BN 119013597RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($161,257) as filed with the CRA.
Leonard Wolinsky Foundation is a private foundation based in Unionville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $232K in revenue and $161K 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 14% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $47K in 2024, the largest being $18K to The Toronto Jewish Film Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $475K in 2020 to $232K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Grants awarded to other qualified donees for religious charitable and educational purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $232K | $161K | $47K | — | $47K | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $128K | $129K | — | — | $96K | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $112K | $152K | — | — | $126K | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $143K | $117K | — | — | $93K | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $475K | $110K | — | — | $91K | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$231,904
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 $47K to 4 qualified donees:
- The Toronto Jewish Film Foundation$18K
- Beth Sholom Synagogue$15K
- Vermont Square Parent-Child Mother Goose$10K
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$4,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joel Wolinsky (chairman); Andrew Wolinsky (treasurer); David Gale (director); Shirlee Harel (director); Marc Drabinsky (director); Jason Axsmith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Leonard Wolinsky Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119013597RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.