Nathan & Shani Bleeman Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 890643547RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($662,925) as filed with the CRA.
Nathan & Shani Bleeman Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $663K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $579K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 62 qualified donees totalling $656K in 2024, the largest being $165K to Moral Arc Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $192K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Advancement of religious education and relief of poverty
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $663K | — | — | $656K | $503K |
| 2023 | $716K | $648K | — | — | $647K | $67K |
| 2022 | $942K | $964K | — | — | $959K | -$485 |
| 2021 | $287K | $255K | — | — | $246K | $21K |
| 2020 | $192K | $192K | — | — | $186K | -$12K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $656K to 62 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Moral Arc Foundation$165K
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$106K
- Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah$99K
- Ner Israel-Joseph (j.t.) Tanenbaum Yeshivah College of Toronto$53K
- Beth Jacob High School for Girls$40K
- Kav Shalom KHM$30K
- Canadian Friends of Neve Yerushalayim$20K
- Zichron Binyomin Charity Foundation$14K
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$11K
- B'Nai Zion Charity Fund$10K
- Beth Chabad Israeli Community Centre$10K
- Misaskim Canada$8,015
- The Toronto Lakewood Minyan$7,860
- The Toronto Lakewood Minyan$6,000
- Kollel Toras Moshe$5,000
- Kesher Outreach Organization$5,000
- Congregation MBG$5,000
- Halacha Institute of Toronto$5,000
- Yeshiva Mishkan Yosef$5,000
- The Institute of Torah Education$5,000
- Torah Umesorah Canada$5,000
- Canadian Foundation for the Education and Welfare of Jews Ofthe C I S$4,000
- Kollel Daf Yomi Institute$3,610
- Torath Emeth Jewish Centre$3,050
- Thornhill Torah Educational Centre$2,500
Received $579K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nathan Bleeman (president); Shani Bleeman (vice president); Aaron Bleeman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nathan & Shani Bleeman Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890643547RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.