Sheldon M Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership
Private foundation · New York, NY · BN 135120715RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-12-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,043,287) as filed with the CRA.
Sheldon M Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership is a private foundation based in New York, NY, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 30, 2021, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $150.
Compared with 1,368 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
We seek out and join leading thinkers practitioners and organizations to bring this ethical perspective to suchmatters as: - human rights civil liberties and response to breaches at home and in other sovereign states - economic and social disparities and prospects for individual mobility - education that embodies humanitarian social and civic values and creates opportunity - creative human expression shared cultural interests and the ethical use of the arts - reconciling past violent or abusive community behaviour healing and avoiding repetition - conditions or risks of instability…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $1.5M | $2M | $1.6M | $50K | — | $7M |
| 2020 | $467K | — | $455K | — | — | $11.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $150 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$259K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2021)
Joel Bell (director); Scott Bodie (director).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sheldon M Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135120715RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.