The DH Gales Family Charitable Foundation of Toronto
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 131189763RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,379,275) as filed with the CRA.
The DH Gales Family Charitable Foundation of Toronto is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 53 qualified donees totalling $1.3M in 2024, the largest being $235K to United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $763K in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Provide financial assistance to qualified donees engaged in worthy charitable activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.3M | $35.9M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.4M | $29.6M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.1M | — | — | $997K | $24.3M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | $905K | $31.8M |
| 2020 | $763K | $1.3M | — | — | $1.2M | $25.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.3M to 53 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$235K
- Tanenbaumchat$110K
- UHN Foundation$100K
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$100K
- Sinai Health Foundation$100K
- Holy Blossom Temple$93K
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$75K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$50K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$40K
- National Gallery of Canada Foundation/fondation du Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada$33K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$30K
- Sinai Health Foundation$25K
- Ontario College of Art & Design Foundation$25K
- Toronto East Health Network Foundation$25K
- McMichael Canadian Art Foundation$25K
- Art Gallery of Ontario$23K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$20K
- Robbins Hebrew Academy$20K
- Adath Israel Congregation$17K
- Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies$16K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$15K
- The Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University$13K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$10K
- The Jerusalem Foundation of Canada Inc. la Fondation Jerusalem du Canada Inc.$9,000
- Israel Cancer Research Fund (toronto)$5,400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leslie Gales (president); Allen Gales (secretary); Harvey Barry Gales (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The DH Gales Family Charitable Foundation of Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131189763RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.