The Almond Tree Foundation
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 837478759RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,480,852) as filed with the CRA.
The Almond Tree Foundation is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $200.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 40 qualified donees totalling $1.5M in 2024, the largest being $434K to Moral Arc Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Selection of and disbursements to qualified donees
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.5M | -$246K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.2M | -$90K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.8M | -$646K |
| 2021 | $162K | $1.8M | — | — | $1.8M | -$267K |
| 2020 | -$37K | $1.6M | — | — | $1.6M | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.5M to 40 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Moral Arc Foundation$434K
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$116K
- Les Amis Canadiens du Seminaire Yeshivah Mirer de Jerusalem Inc./canadian Friends of the Seminary Yeshivah Mirer of Jerusalem Inc.$105K
- Chevra Oseh Chesed Financial Assistance Organization$102K
- Eitz Chaim Schools$94K
- Canadian Friends of Be'Er Avrohom$75K
- The Altree Charitable Trust$62K
- Ruchama Fraidel Relief Organization$58K
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$56K
- Institute for Advanced Talmudic and Halachic Studies$35K
- Mosdot Chasdei Avot Beit Israel Modi'in$29K
- Institute for Advanced Talmudic and Halachic Studies$25K
- Chai Lifeline (canada) Inc.$25K
- Kayla's Children Centre$25K
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Toronto$25K
- Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia$25K
- Mizrachi Organization Of Canada$25K
- Beth Jacob High School for Girls$21K
- Congregation Chasidei Bobov$18K
- CANADIAN FRIENDS OF MERKAZ HAKOLILIM D'Shikun Square$18K
- Yeshivas Keser Torah$10K
- Toronto Cheder$10K
- Ruchama Fraidel Relief Organization$8,000
- Agudath Israel Congregation of Toronto$7,655
- Torah Umesorah Canada$7,000
Received $200 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Mandelbaum (director); Saul Anisfeld (director); Myer Botnick (director); Moishe Lowy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Almond Tree Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 837478759RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.