The Benjamin Foundation
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 105196786RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($445,579) as filed with the CRA.
The Benjamin Foundation is a private foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $446K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 38 qualified donees totalling $296K in 2024, the largest being $112K to United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $436K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation receives contributions from various sources and issues receipts. Disbursements are made to registered charitable organizations (ie: education hospitals)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $446K | $32K | — | $296K | $585K |
| 2023 | $158K | $391K | $110K | — | $105K | -$61K |
| 2022 | $477K | $594K | $112K | — | $310K | $169K |
| 2021 | $452K | $699K | $103K | — | $406K | $146K |
| 2020 | $436K | $442K | $123K | — | $265K | $257K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $296K to 38 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$112K
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$58K
- One Family Fund Canada$42K
- Beit Halochem Canada /aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel (canada)$12K
- Hadassah-Wizo Organization Of Canada$6,012
- Sinai Health Foundation$4,845
- Lung Health Foundation$4,720
- Sinai Health Foundation$4,334
- Jias (jewish Immigrant Aid Services) Toronto$4,298
- Eli's Place Residential Treatment and Transition Centre$4,200
- Project Life Initiatives$3,705
- Jewish Vocational Service of Metropolitan Toronto$3,489
- Breast Cancer Canada Cancer du sein du Canada$2,919
- Uptown Chabad$2,829
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$2,749
- Bikur Cholim$2,684
- Canadian Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel/ La Société canadienne pour la protection de la nature en Israël$2,658
- Harold Chapman Mem Fund$2,231
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$2,117
- Mizrachi Organization Of Canada$1,984
- Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation/fondation Canadienne de l'Hopital Shaare Zedek$1,800
- Chabad on Bayview$1,800
- Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation/fondation Wellspring pour les Personnes Atteintes de Cancer$1,335
- Ryan's Well Foundation$1,335
- Women's Hostels Incorporated$1,335
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Benjamin (president); Barbi Benjamin-Levitt (secretary); Marc Benjamin (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Benjamin Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 105196786RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.