Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 876030206RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($31,124,287) as filed with the CRA.
Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $54.1M in revenue and $31.1M in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $45K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 53 qualified donees totalling $27M in 2024, the largest being $5.6M to United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation is rooted in a strong sense of community and responsibility engaging in an array of philanthropic initiatives in the jewish and broader communities in british columbia across canada in israel and around the world. Currently the foundation's areas of impact include stregthening and securing the jewish community; empowering populations adversely or disproportionately affected by circumstance or social inequities; and responding to complex social challenges currently focusing addictions and the climate emergency. The foundation has established the following priorities whic…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $54.1M | $31.1M | — | — | $27M | $612.8M |
| 2023 | $46.9M | $14.8M | — | — | $10.6M | $589.8M |
| 2022 | $576.2M | $18.5M | — | — | $655K | $557.7M |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $27M to 53 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc$5.6M
- Jewish Family Services Agency of Vancouver$5.1M
- The Jerusalem Foundation of Canada Inc. la Fondation Jerusalem du Canada Inc.$3M
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$2.7M
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$2.4M
- Nature United/ Nature Unie$1.5M
- World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial pour la Nature Can Ada$500K
- Circle of Eagles Lodge Society$500K
- The Vancouver East Cultural Centre$458K
- Together We Can Drug & Alcohol Recovery & Education Society$400K
- Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver$377K
- Temple Sholom$375K
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society$269K
- Sierra Club Canada Foundation$250K
- Shalom Hartman Institute of Canada$250K
- Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development$250K
- Mvzeif$250K
- Martin Family Initiative/initiative de la Famille Martin$250K
- Makeway Charitable Society$250K
- Tikva Housing Society$205K
- Sierra Club of British Columbia Foundation$200K
- Birthright Israel Foundation of Canada$200K
- Congregation Emanu-El$183K
- The Last Door Recovery Society$160K
- BC Cancer Foundation$153K
Received $45K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$826K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Beranrd Pinsky (director); Stephen Gaerber (director); David Bogdonov (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876030206RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.