The Asper Foundation
Private foundation · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 880163720RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($13,025,328) as filed with the CRA.
The Asper Foundation is a private foundation based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $51.3M in revenue and $13M in expenditures.
In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $33K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 125 qualified donees totalling $9.3M in 2024, the largest being $1.8M to Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/combined Jewish Appeal Inc. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7.2M in 2020 to $51.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The asper foundation contribute to various charities which are involved in ongoing culture arts and education programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $51.3M | $13M | $1.4M | — | $9.3M | $232.1M |
| 2023 | $10.5M | $14.8M | $1.6M | — | $10.1M | $193.7M |
| 2022 | $12M | $10.9M | $1.6M | — | $6.6M | $197.7M |
| 2021 | $19.7M | $11.3M | $1.5M | — | $7.1M | $196.1M |
| 2020 | $7.2M | $9.3M | $1.4M | — | $5.1M | $187.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $9.3M to 125 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/combined Jewish Appeal Inc$1.8M
- United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc$1.4M
- The Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University$578K
- Brandeis University$571K
- The Shalem Foundation Canada$414K
- Y.m.h.a. Jewish Community Centre of Winnipeg Inc.$376K
- Canadian Society for Yad Vashem$376K
- United Way of Winnipeg$281K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$265K
- The University of Manitoba$251K
- The Congregation Shaarey Zedek$238K
- Assiniboine Park Conservancy Inc.$210K
- Birthright Israel Foundation of Canada$200K
- Jewish National Fund of Canada Inc.$196K
- Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education Inc.$123K
- National Indigenous Residential School Museum of Canada Inc.$100K
- Montreal Holocaust Museum$100K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$94K
- Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights$80K
- Winnipeg Jewish Theatre Inc.$78K
- The Royal Winnipeg Ballet$75K
- Canadian Council of Provincial & Territorial Sport Federatio$73K
- Charities Aid Foundation Canada$71K
- Manitoba Theatre for Young People Inc.$68K
- Jewish Child and Family Service$67K
Received $33K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$934K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gail Asper (trustee); Leonard Asper (trustee); David Asper (trustee); Richard Leipsic (trustee); Anita Wortzman (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Asper Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 880163720RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.