The Ben and Hilda Katz Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 119215598RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($569,088) as filed with the CRA.
The Ben and Hilda Katz Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Thornhill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $385K in revenue and $569K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 26 qualified donees totalling $530K in 2024, the largest being $100K to Birthright Israel Foundation of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The foundation receives and maintains funds to apply all or part of the principal and income from these investments to other charitable organizations registered under the canadian income tax act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $385K | $569K | — | — | $530K | $7.5M |
| 2023 | $437K | $233K | — | — | $190K | $7.6M |
| 2022 | $535K | $275K | — | — | $210K | $7.3M |
| 2021 | $424K | $532K | — | — | $476K | $7.5M |
| 2020 | $325K | $934K | — | — | $865K | $6.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $530K to 26 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Birthright Israel Foundation of Canada$100K
- Canadian Friends of Shalva Israel Association$50K
- Antisemitism Must End Now (a.m.e.n.)$50K
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$50K
- Canadian Friends of Shalva Israel Association$50K
- United Hatzalah Canada$50K
- Humber River Health Foundation$25K
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$25K
- Toronto Children's CARE Inc.$25K
- Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre$10K
- The Local$10K
- Nanny Angel Network Inc.$10K
- Giant Steps Toronto Inc.$10K
- Make-A-Wish Foundation of Canada$10K
- Girls Incorporated of Upper Canada$5,000
- Nia Centre for the Arts Incorporated$5,000
- The Arts Access Fund$5,000
- Yorktown Family Services$5,000
- Shine through the Rain Foundation$5,000
- Make-A-Wish Foundation of Canada$5,000
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$5,000
- Kids Help Phone / Jeunesse J' Ecoute$5,000
- Allied Voices for Israel$5,000
- UHN Foundation$5,000
- The Local$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ariel Sully (president); Pauline Pariser (vice-president); Howard Abrams (director); Jennifer Shneer (director); Michael Shneer (director); Daniel Abrams (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ben and Hilda Katz Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119215598RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.