The Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 805834710RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,920,660) as filed with the CRA.
The Eric S. Margolis Family 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 $13.3M in revenue and $11.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 71 qualified donees totalling $11.6M in 2024, the largest being $10M to Robbie's Fund Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.5M in 2020 to $13.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain a fund to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to 'qualified donees' as defined under the income tax act (canada).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13.3M | $11.9M | — | — | $11.6M | $41.4M |
| 2023 | $4.9M | $2.4M | — | — | $2.1M | $40M |
| 2022 | $14.3M | $2.6M | — | — | $2.4M | $37.6M |
| 2021 | $608K | $1.1M | — | — | $854K | $25.9M |
| 2020 | $3.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.2M | $26.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $11.6M to 71 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Robbie's Fund Foundation$10M
- Toronto Wildlife Centre$150K
- The Beagle Alliance$120K
- Humane World Foundation Canada$100K
- National Wildlife Centre$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$55K
- Toronto Cat Rescue$53K
- Breakaway Community Services$50K
- Canadian Animal Task Force Society$50K
- Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society$50K
- Okanagan Humane Society$35K
- Chiots Nordiques Northern Puppies$35K
- The Guelph Humane Society Incorporated$30K
- Hopeful Hooves Equine Rescue Society$30K
- Wilder Institute$30K
- People Ensuring Animal Care Exists (P.E.A.C.E.)$30K
- Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre$30K
- Refuge for Cats (verdun)$25K
- Lakehead University$25K
- Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan Inc$25K
- Calgary Humane Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$25K
- Parachutes for Pets$25K
- Meow Foundation for the Adoption of Abandoned Cats$25K
- Ottawa Humane Society$25K
- Paws for Hope Animal Foundation$25K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eric Margolis (president); Janet Hart (executive director); Frank Lucchetta (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 805834710RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.