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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, July 31, 2024
- Investment income$145,959
- Receipted donations$105,648
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 $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.