The Burning Bush Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 709984942RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,864,410) as filed with the CRA.
The Burning Bush 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 $217.1M in revenue and $10.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 52 qualified donees totalling $10.1M in 2024, the largest being $3.9M to Congregation MBG. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to charitable organizations that are also registered charities under the income tax act (canada).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $217.1M | $10.9M | — | — | $10.1M | $206.4M |
| 2023 | $7.7M | $7.5M | — | — | $7.5M | $164K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10.1M to 52 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Congregation MBG$3.9M
- Congregation MBG$3.1M
- Eitz Chaim Schools$1M
- Machzikai Hadath Congregation-Clanton Park Synagogue$515K
- Toronto Care Fund$452K
- Ruchama Fraidel Relief Organization$170K
- Chabad Hope Center / Centre de l'espoir Chabad$100K
- Chai Lifeline (canada) Inc.$100K
- Rayjo Charitable Trust$98K
- Kollel Daf Yomi Institute$86K
- Chevra Oseh Chesed Financial Assistance Organization$70K
- Moral Arc Foundation$54K
- Paths of Torah School$51K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$50K
- Kayla's Children Centre$50K
- Torah Umesorah Canada$36K
- Building a Jewish Tomorrow$25K
- Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto$19K
- Agudath Israel Congregation of Toronto$18K
- Chava Farms Inc.$13K
- Mizrachi Organization Of Canada$10K
- Yachad the Canadian Jewish Council for Disabilities$10K
- Tiferes Bais Yaakov$10K
- Ezras Cholim Organization$10K
- ABC - Assisting Blossoming Children$10K
Received $25K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gershon Miskin (director); Naftali Sturm (director); Joseph Rutman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Burning Bush Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 709984942RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.