Shireen & Edna Marcus Fund
Private foundation · Markham, Ontario · BN 790273098RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($20,750) as filed with the CRA.
Shireen & Edna Marcus Fund is a private foundation based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $80K in revenue and $21K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $14K in 2024, the largest being $14K to The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $44K in 2020 to $80K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The trustees pay the net annual income in their absolute discretion to such Canadian institutions and registered charities conducting engaged in or assisting research into the prevention and cure of autism.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $80K | $21K | — | — | $14K | $466K |
| 2023 | $84K | $20K | — | — | $14K | $407K |
| 2022 | $28K | $19K | — | — | $13K | $343K |
| 2021 | $64K | $20K | — | — | $14K | $333K |
| 2020 | $44K | $19K | — | — | $7,500 | $289K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $14K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Canada Trust (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shireen & Edna Marcus Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 790273098RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.