The Bulmash-Siegel Private Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 728167131RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($401,855) as filed with the CRA.
The Bulmash-Siegel Private 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 $168K in revenue and $402K 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 68% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 30 qualified donees totalling $383K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Canadian Foundation for Children Youth and the Law Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
To give money to qualified donees as such term is defined under the income tax act (canada) as charitable donations to be used for charitable purposes
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $168K | $402K | — | — | $383K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $315K | — | — | $307K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $203K | $233K | — | — | $223K | $402K |
| 2021 | $433K | $164K | — | — | $157K | $432K |
| 2020 | $177K | $14K | — | — | — | $163K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$162,535
- Receipted donations$5,000
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 $383K to 30 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Canadian Foundation for Children Youth and the Law Inc.$50K
- Tarragon Theatre$48K
- Others$46K
- Women's College Hospital Foundation$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$30K
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$25K
- The CanAssist African Relief Trust$20K
- Outside the March Theatre Company Inc.$18K
- Fall for Dance North Festival Inc.$13K
- N I F Canadian Charitable Trust$10K
- The Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$8,000
- Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space (STEPS) Initiative$7,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,000
- Ballet Jorgen Canada$7,000
- Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief$7,000
- Soulpepper Theatre Company$6,000
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$5,000
- The Coal Mine Theatre$5,000
- Nightwood Theatre Company$5,000
- Crow's Theatre$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,000
- Citadel + Compagnie$3,500
- The Canadian Children's Dance Theatre Inc.$3,500
- The Toronto Public Library Foundation$3,000
- Ipsita Nova Dance Projects Inc.$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laurence Siegel (trustee); Judith Siegel (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bulmash-Siegel Private Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 728167131RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.