The Edwin and Miriam Merkur Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 889137378RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($152,229) as filed with the CRA.
The Edwin and Miriam Merkur Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $228K in revenue and $152K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% 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 62% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 18 qualified donees totalling $142K in 2024, the largest being $60K to United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain funds and to apply all or part of funds or income for educational religious and charitable purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $228K | $152K | — | — | $142K | $506K |
| 2023 | $23K | $57K | — | — | $47K | $430K |
| 2022 | -$54K | $104K | — | — | $94K | $465K |
| 2021 | -$14K | $81K | — | — | $71K | $623K |
| 2020 | $220K | $130K | — | — | $118K | $718K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $142K to 18 qualified donees:
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$60K
- Chabad on Bayview$23K
- Canada-Israel Children's Centres$16K
- One Family Fund Canada$13K
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$7,200
- Reena Foundation$5,000
- Chabad of Midtown$5,000
- Bais Chaya Mushkah School for Girls$4,000
- Crohn's and Colitis Canada / Crohn et Colite Canada$3,600
- Canadian Anti-Semitism Education Foundation$1,800
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$1,000
- Jri Poland$823
- Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies$720
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation$360
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$300
- Ontario Society for Crippled Children$200
- Greater Toronto Apartment Association Charitable Foundation$180
- Hamilton Jewish Federation$180
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Miriam Merkur (secretary); Shauna Merkur (treasurer); Paul Merkur (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Edwin and Miriam Merkur Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889137378RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.