The Baskin - Garson Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 770706703RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($850,035) as filed with the CRA.
The Baskin - Garson Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, it reported $558K in revenue and $850K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,659 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $838K in 2023, the largest being $640K to Holy Blossom Temple. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Canadian hadassah-wizo reform jewish community kawartha food share icrf canada holy blossom temple canadian friends of world union save a child's heart sick kids foundation new israel fund of canada jerusalem foundation of canada hillel ontario toronto symphony shalom hartman intitute of canada uja federation of toronto
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $558K | $850K | — | — | $838K | $6.8M |
| 2022 | $64K | $505K | — | — | $492K | $7.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2023
- Investment income$330,056
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, 2023
Granted $838K to 9 qualified donees:
- Holy Blossom Temple$640K
- Canadian Friends of the World Union for Progressive Judaism Amis Can de Lunion Mond Judai$100K
- Reform Jewish Community of Canada$25K
- N I F Canadian Charitable Trust$25K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$25K
- Hillel Ontario$10K
- Jewish National Fund of Canada$9,000
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$1,800
- The Jerusalem Foundation of Canada Inc. la Fondation Jerusalem du Canada Inc.$1,800
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
David Baskin (director); Joan Garson (director); Jacob Baskin (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Baskin - Garson Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 770706703RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.