The Buckingham Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 877333625RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,178,476) as filed with the CRA.
The Buckingham Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.2M in revenue and $11.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $78K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $9.5M in 2024, the largest being $9.5M to The Friedberg Charitable Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Provide funds for educational and charitable purposes activities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2M | $11.2M | — | — | $9.5M | $224.8M |
| 2023 | $4.2M | $8.5M | — | — | $7.9M | $181.1M |
| 2022 | $1M | $8.7M | — | — | $8.2M | $185.4M |
| 2021 | $110.5M | $10M | — | — | $9.5M | $193.1M |
| 2020 | -$3.5M | $11.9M | — | — | $11.5M | $92.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $9.5M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $78K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nancy Friedberg (trustee); Dina Scheiner (trustee); Tivkah Bleeman (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Buckingham Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 877333625RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.