Reena Foundation
Public foundation · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 897952719RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,927,713) as filed with the CRA.
Reena Foundation is a public foundation based in Thornhill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $7.6M in revenue and $4.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 49 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5.7M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3.8M in 2024, the largest being $3.8M to Reena Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.6M in 2020 to $7.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Reena foundation's mandate is to help secure funds in support reena inc.- a not for profit social service agency that is dedicated to enriching the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities and batay reena - a charitable corporation that provides funds and low-cost housing to reena for the benefit of reena's clients. Reena inc. Provides to individuals with development disabilities through residential services day programs and respite services. Reena foundation also works to education the general public to better understand the needs of those with developmental disabilities in or…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.6M | $4.9M | — | $660K | $3.8M | $10.3M |
| 2023 | $7.8M | $4.3M | — | $493K | $3.4M | $10M |
| 2022 | $6.2M | $4M | — | $314K | $3.1M | $9.2M |
| 2021 | $6.7M | $5.2M | — | $304K | $4.6M | $8.6M |
| 2020 | $4.6M | $4.1M | — | $796K | $3M | $6.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.8M to 1 qualified donee:
- Reena Inc.$3.8M
Received $5.7M from 49 charities:
- Miriam And Larry Robbins Foundation$2.4M
- The Azrieli Foundation$1.8M
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$280K
- Honey & Barry Sherman Legacy Foundation$255K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$161K
- New Century Charitable Foundation$150K
- The Warren and Debbie Kimel Family Foundation$100K
- Wise Family Foundation$72K
- Elpida Autism Foundation$60K
- Canadahelps Canadon$54K
- Canadahelps Canadon$54K
- Allan and Susan Fenwick Charitable Foundation$25K
- The Gerda Frieberg Charitable Foundation$20K
- Moses & Temara Tobe Foundation Inc.$18K
- The Harry E Foster Charitable Foundation$15K
- The Rotman Family Foundation$14K
- The Altree Charitable Trust$14K
- The Bespoke Foundation$9,400
- Gary & Maxie Bluestein Charitable Foundation$8,200
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$7,500
- The Sydney and Florence Cooper Charitable Foundation$7,200
- Conam Charitable Foundation$6,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$5,077
- The Edwin and Miriam Merkur Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Alexander E Grossman Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$529K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mona Sherkin (vice chair); Robert Berger (secretary); Steven Justein (immediate past chair); Sue-Ann Levy (director); Madeleine Bodenstein (director); Risa Kurtz-Whitnall (director); Michael Gasch (director); Lorne Cohn (director); Rick Chad (director); Howard Kruger (treasurer); Ellis Orlan (director); Robert Sherkin (director); Esther Mamane-Tencer (director); Marnie Silver (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Reena Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897952719RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.