Ontario Bar Association Foundation
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118777788RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($59,702) as filed with the CRA.
Ontario Bar Association Foundation is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $31K in revenue and $60K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,680.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,000 in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to Supreme Court Advocacy Institute. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
To assist in carrying out certain charitable objectives of the Ontario Bar Association and to raise funds for the advancement of education and the encouragement of research related to the efficacy understanding and application of the law and legal process.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $31K | $60K | $38K | $15K | $2,000 | $246K |
| 2023 | $20K | $54K | $47K | — | $2,000 | $275K |
| 2022 | $37K | $51K | $43K | — | $2,000 | $309K |
| 2021 | $43K | $19K | $13K | — | $2,000 | $322K |
| 2020 | $35K | $56K | $51K | — | — | $299K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,000 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1,680 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,680
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steven Rosenhek (chair); James Grenkie (trustee); Reem Bahdi (trustee); Katie Black (trustee); Antoine Collins; Sojourner King (trustee); Mohsen Seddigh (trustee); Laura Sharp (trustee); Mihad Fahmy (trustee); Anton Katz (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ontario Bar Association Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118777788RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.