The Ernest and Helen Singer Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 875714222RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,200,000) as filed with the CRA.
The Ernest and Helen Singer Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $2.2M in 2024, the largest being $1.5M to Chabad on the Avenue. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $476K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $2.2M | — | — | $2.2M | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $643K | $758K | — | — | $758K | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $651K | $325K | — | — | $325K | $4M |
| 2021 | $767K | $200K | — | — | $200K | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $476K | $501K | — | — | $501K | $3.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.2M to 6 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Helen Singer (trustee); Miguel Singer (trustee); Nelly Zagdanski (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ernest and Helen Singer Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 875714222RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.