The Dov Zimmerman Z'L Foundation
Private foundation · Downview, Ontario · BN 888104544RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($560,601) as filed with the CRA.
The Dov Zimmerman Z'L Foundation is a private foundation based in Downview, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $158K in revenue and $561K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 41 qualified donees totalling $554K in 2024, the largest being $384K to Moral Arc Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
To make donations to charitable organizations
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $158K | $561K | $1,220 | — | $554K | -$664K |
| 2023 | $181K | $570K | $1,150 | — | $558K | -$261K |
| 2022 | $27K | $468K | $1,770 | — | $457K | $128K |
| 2021 | $168K | $378K | — | — | $359K | $569K |
| 2020 | $147K | $337K | — | — | $277K | $761K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$76,427
- Receipted donations$50,000
- Investment income$8,246
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 $554K to 41 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Moral Arc Foundation$384K
- Congregation Oholei Yom Tov Toronto$30K
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$24K
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$23K
- Moral Arc Foundation$23K
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$13K
- Bnos Bais Yaakov High School$10K
- Les Amis Canadiens du Seminaire Yeshivah Mirer de Jerusalem Inc./canadian Friends of the Seminary Yeshivah Mirer of Jerusalem Inc.$5,500
- Agudath Israel Congregation of Toronto$5,110
- Bais Brucha Elementary School$5,000
- Congregation Shoavei Mayim$4,100
- Machzikai Hadath Congregation-Clanton Park Synagogue$3,758
- Congregation Kahal Avreichim$3,680
- Zichron Binyomin Charity Foundation$3,543
- Kav Shalom KHM$1,900
- Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia$1,800
- Chevra Oseh Chesed Financial Assistance Organization$1,500
- Camp Agudah Muskoka$1,250
- Mesivta Yeshiva Chaim Berlin$1,000
- Canadian Friends of Yeshiva Beth Hillel Bnai Brak$1,000
- Canadian Friends of Laniado Hospital Ontario Region$1,000
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Shmayahu$930
- Yeshiva Gedolah l'Ecole d'Etudes Superieures de Montreal/yesshiva Gedolah the School of Higher Learning of Montreal$684
- The Small Wonders Charitable Organization$500
- Peylim of Canada$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Zimmerman; Rachel Zimmerman (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Dov Zimmerman Z'L Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888104544RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.