Shiff Family Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 891413247RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,158,020) as filed with the CRA.
Shiff Family Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $256K in revenue and $1.2M 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 88% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $1.2M in 2024, the largest being $1.1M to Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $122K in 2020 to $256K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The foundation's activities include fundraising of various social and religious canadian public charities as well as items included in schedule 8 of 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 | $256K | $1.2M | — | — | $1.2M | $799K |
| 2023 | $256K | $682K | — | — | $679K | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $149K | $128K | — | — | $125K | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $201K | $1.4M | — | — | $1.4M | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $122K | $127K | — | — | $110K | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$103,183
- Other income$597
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.2M to 10 qualified donees:
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$1.1M
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation$6,200
- The Canadian Zionist Cultural Association$5,000
- Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation$2,500
- Israel Magen Fund of Canada$1,800
- The Shalem Foundation Canada$1,800
- Mizrachi Organization Of Canada$1,800
- Antisemitism Must End Now (a.m.e.n.)$1,800
- Chai Lifeline (canada) Inc.$1,800
- Jews for Judaism$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dorothy Shiff (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shiff Family Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891413247RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.