Mel & Pamela Himel Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119214914RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($94,462) as filed with the CRA.
Mel & Pamela Himel Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $13K in revenue and $94K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 38 qualified donees totalling $90K in 2024, the largest being $13K to Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $13K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is to receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply from time to time all or part thereof and/or the income therefrom for charitable purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13K | $94K | — | — | $90K | $452K |
| 2023 | $516K | $379K | — | — | $276K | $533K |
| 2022 | $2,784 | $561K | — | — | $556K | $396K |
| 2021 | $324K | $117K | — | — | $55K | $955K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $909K | — | — | $682K | $749K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $90K to 38 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto$13K
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$6,000
- Gilda's Club Greater Toronto$5,000
- The Holy Blossom Temple Foundation$5,000
- Jewish Family and Child Service of Greater Toronto$4,600
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$4,500
- Sinai Health Foundation$4,000
- Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies$4,000
- Dr. Ken Citron Charitable Trust$3,000
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$3,000
- United Hatzalah Canada$2,800
- Pancreatic Cancer Canada / Cancer du Pancreas Canada$2,500
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) Ontario Chapter$2,500
- Chai Lifeline (canada) Inc.$2,000
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$2,000
- Jewish Free Loan Toronto$2,000
- Hillel Ontario$1,800
- Prosserman Jewish Community Centre$1,800
- The Canadian Zionist Cultural Association$1,600
- Ronald McDonald House Canada / Maison Ronald McDonald Canada$1,500
- Second Harvest Canada$1,500
- Pathways to Education Canada/Passeport pour ma réussite Canada$1,500
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada/societe de Leucemie & Lymphome du Canada$1,500
- Food Allergy Canada / Allergies Alimentaires Canada$1,000
- MS Canada SP Canada$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sheldon Caplan (president); Irving Himel (secretary); Melvyn Himel (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mel & Pamela Himel Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119214914RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.