The Brothers of Mercy Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 844385427RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($276,271) as filed with the CRA.
The Brothers of Mercy Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $283K in revenue and $276K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 65% from other charities. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $166K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $66K in 2024, the largest being $22K to Bikur Cholim. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $652K in 2020 to $283K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The charity relieves poverty by providing financial assistance to the poor to be used for remedial therapy and counselling basic necessities of life and assistance with medical emergencies or conditions. The charity also provides scholarships bursaries and financial support in order to advance education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $283K | $276K | $207K | — | $66K | $112K |
| 2023 | $394K | $357K | $321K | — | $31K | $91K |
| 2022 | $293K | $246K | $241K | — | — | $53K |
| 2021 | $304K | $263K | $175K | — | $82K | $5,861 |
| 2020 | $652K | $665K | $238K | — | $402K | -$35K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $66K to 9 qualified donees:
Received $166K from 28 charities:
- Tom and Annie Kohn Charitable Foundation$78K
- My Charity Fund$14K
- The Meyer and Idelle Weinstock Charitable Foundation$10K
- Jack and Doris Bistricer Charitable Foundation$10K
- Social Services and Communal Matters Fund$8,500
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$5,000
- The Clyr Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The E & M Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Burning Bush Foundation$5,000
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$4,000
- The George Hofstedter Family Foundation$2,500
- Mae Day Foundation$2,500
- Gemilas Chesed of Clanton Park$2,100
- The Burning Bush Foundation$2,054
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$1,800
- Zolty Charitable Foundation$1,500
- The Friedberg Charitable Foundation$1,000
- The Dan-Hytman Family Foundation$720
- Rayjo Charitable Trust$500
- The Thomas Hofstedter Family Foundation$500
- The Gross Family Foundation$500
- Schofam Charitable Foundation$360
- The S. Sigler Family Charitable Foundation$360
- Philip and Hannah Reichmann Family Foundation$360
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yaakov Felder (president); Mark Fuerst (secretary); Israel Zlotnick (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Brothers of Mercy Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 844385427RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.