Sarah & Cary Lavine Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 721057883RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($400,614) as filed with the CRA.
Sarah & Cary Lavine Family 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 $288K in revenue and $401K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $356K in 2024, the largest being $75K to Margaret's Housing and Community Support Services Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $57K in 2020 to $288K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To provide funds to 'qualified donees' as defined in the income tax act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $288K | $401K | — | — | $356K | $5.3M |
| 2023 | $169K | $290K | — | — | $210K | $5.4M |
| 2022 | -$623K | $298K | — | — | $210K | $5.5M |
| 2021 | $3.8M | $201K | — | — | $140K | $6.4M |
| 2020 | $57K | $210K | — | — | $150K | $2.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $356K to 12 qualified donees:
- Margaret's Housing and Community Support Services Inc.$75K
- Toronto Foundation$75K
- Kehilla Residential Programme$50K
- Carleton University$50K
- International Conservation Fund of Canada Inc.$49K
- Art Gallery of Ontario$15K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$15K
- Amici Children's Camp Charity$10K
- Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton$5,750
- Clean Economy Fund$5,000
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$5,000
- Covenant House Toronto$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cary Lavine (director/president); Sarah Paul (director/secretary); Arielle Lavine (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sarah & Cary Lavine Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 721057883RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.