The Ben and Sylvia Marks Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 887790350RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($70,014) as filed with the CRA.
The Ben and Sylvia Marks Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $147K in revenue and $70K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $35K in 2024, the largest being $35K to Wolodymyr George Danyliw Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Looking at organizations to make contributions to
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $147K | $70K | — | — | $35K | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $82K | $149K | — | — | $90K | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $158K | $892K | — | — | $800K | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $307K | $363K | — | — | $290K | $2.5M |
| 2020 | $148K | $56K | — | — | — | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, November 30, 2024
- Investment income$86,625
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, 2024
Granted $35K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ronald Appleby (director); Irving Gottesman (director); Rina Gottesman (director); Barbara Appleby (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ben and Sylvia Marks Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887790350RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.