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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, June 30, 2024
- Investment income$12,848
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 $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.