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.
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.