Mitzi & Mel Dobrin Family Foundation/fondation Familiale Mitzi & Mel Dobrin
Private foundation · Westmount, Quebec · BN 893498857RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($265,154) as filed with the CRA.
Mitzi & Mel Dobrin Family Foundation/fondation Familiale Mitzi & Mel Dobrin is a private foundation based in Westmount, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $206K in revenue and $265K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 98% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 28 qualified donees totalling $276K in 2024, the largest being $100K to Federation Cja. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $32K in 2020 to $206K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The primary purpose of the foundation is to receive and manage funds for the purpose of making gifts to qualifed charitable donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $206K | $265K | — | — | $276K | $3.7M |
| 2023 | $142K | $204K | — | — | $194K | $3.8M |
| 2022 | $275K | $160K | — | — | $163K | $3.8M |
| 2021 | $206K | $252K | — | — | $186K | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $32K | $138K | — | — | $135K | $3.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $276K to 28 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Federation Cja$100K
- Federation Cja$85K
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim$30K
- Federation Cja$10K
- Fondation du Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal$9,000
- The Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University$6,000
- The Veritas Fund$5,000
- The Museum of Jewish Montreal$5,000
- La Fondation Ecole Akiva$5,000
- Benjamin and Vanda Treiser Maison Shalom Inc./Benjamin and Vanda Treiser Shalom House Inc.$3,450
- Miriam Foundation$2,500
- Fondation de l'Hopital Maimonides/maimonides Hospital$1,800
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$1,500
- United Hatzalah Canada$1,000
- Segal Centre For Performing Arts$1,000
- Fondation de l'Hopital Maimonides/maimonides Hospital$1,000
- Centaur Foundation for the Performing Arts$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,000
- Canadian Associates of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev Inc.$1,000
- Blue Metropolis Foundation$1,000
- Urban Pardes / Paradis Urbain$1,000
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$900
- Montréal Cancer Institute$900
- St. Mary's Hospital Foundation$500
- Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ronald Dobrin (vice-president); Terry Minzberg (secretary); Lewis Dobrin (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mitzi & Mel Dobrin Family Foundation/fondation Familiale Mitzi & Mel Dobrin’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893498857RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.