The Esquire Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 810167270RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($36,839) as filed with the CRA.
The Esquire Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $98K in revenue and $37K in expenditures.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% 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 13 qualified donees totalling $34K in 2024, the largest being $8,000 to Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Shmayahu. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
To provide funds through other registered charities for the relief of poverty and the advacement of religion and education
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $98K | $37K | $2,848 | — | $34K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $112K | $66K | $4,210 | — | $62K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $68K | $66K | — | — | $63K | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $847K | $115K | — | — | $110K | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $137K | $198K | — | — | $196K | $758K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $34K to 13 qualified donees:
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Shmayahu$8,000
- The Small Wonders Charitable Organization$5,000
- Yeshivas Keser Torah$4,000
- Moral Arc Foundation$3,750
- Toronto Cheder$3,250
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Shmayahu$2,501
- Kollel Toras Moshe$2,000
- Kav Shalom KHM$2,000
- Bnos Bais Yaakov High School$1,380
- Shaarei Zion Congregation$1,000
- Parkinson Canada Inc.$500
- Kav Shalom KHM$360
- Ezras Cholim Organization$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Esther Tress (director); Elemelech Tress (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Esquire Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 810167270RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.