Sacks Family Foundation
Private foundation · Markham, Ontario · BN 870717147RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($302,765) as filed with the CRA.
Sacks Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $290K in revenue and $303K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% 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 85% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 39 qualified donees totalling $301K in 2024, the largest being $120K to Amis Canadiens du Centre Medical Sheba / Canadian Friends of Sheba Medical Center. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
To provide support to organizations that provide healthcare and community services. To promote causes encouraging jewish education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $290K | $303K | — | — | $301K | $115K |
| 2023 | $340K | $359K | — | — | $357K | $128K |
| 2022 | $309K | $251K | — | — | $243K | $148K |
| 2021 | $237K | $175K | — | — | $174K | $90K |
| 2020 | $222K | $246K | — | — | $239K | $28K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $301K to 39 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Amis Canadiens du Centre Medical Sheba / Canadian Friends of Sheba Medical Center$120K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$56K
- Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies$33K
- Technion Canada$25K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$12K
- Jewish National Fund of Canada$10K
- The Abraham Global Peace Initiative$5,400
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation$4,116
- Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue$3,656
- Chai Lifeline (canada) Inc.$3,600
- The Village Shul and Learning Center of Toronto$3,005
- Hadassah-Wizo Organization Of Canada$2,262
- Mogul Charitable Trust$2,000
- Canadian Friends of Yeshivat Aish Hatorah$2,000
- Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto$1,800
- Bais Chaya Mushkah School for Girls$1,700
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$1,254
- Kayla's Children Centre$1,200
- The Interactive Jewish Education Centre$1,080
- North York General Hospital Foundation$1,050
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$1,000
- Sinai Health Foundation$1,000
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$1,000
- Ezer Mizion$1,000
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barry Sacks (trustee); Richard Sacks (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sacks Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870717147RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.