The Estaron Foundation
Private foundation · Vaughan, Ontario · BN 813368487RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($426,108) as filed with the CRA.
The Estaron Foundation is a private foundation based in Vaughan, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $312K in revenue and $426K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% 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 90% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 83 qualified donees totalling $507K in 2024, the largest being $61K to One Family Fund Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The estaron foundation is a private foundation that recives and maintains a fund or funds and applies all or part of the principal and income to aid other registered charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $312K | $426K | — | — | $426K | $219K |
| 2023 | $217K | $495K | — | — | $494K | $332K |
| 2022 | $732K | $378K | — | — | $378K | $611K |
| 2021 | $594K | $340K | — | — | $340K | $257K |
| 2020 | $300K | $298K | — | — | $298K | $3,471 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $507K to 83 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- One Family Fund Canada$61K
- Chabad Jewish Centre of Woodbridge$55K
- Mizrachi Organization Of Canada$39K
- Chabad at Flamingo Inc$38K
- Leket Canada$35K
- Mifal Klita$31K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$30K
- Machson Tzvi Hersh Jewish Charity Organization$24K
- Ne'eman Foundation Canada$23K
- Moral Arc Foundation$12K
- Chabad of Guelph$11K
- Building a Jewish Tomorrow$10K
- Jewish Niagara$10K
- Zion Centre for Higher Education$10K
- Canadian Friends of Laniado Hospital Ontario Region$8,600
- Tamim Academy of York Region$6,000
- The Canadian Zionist Cultural Association$5,500
- Toronto Cheder$5,001
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$5,000
- United Hatzalah Canada$5,000
- Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto$5,000
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$5,000
- Bnei Akiva Schools$4,100
- VMM - Zichron Chaim$3,600
- Chasdei Kaduri Jewish Food Bank$3,360
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Howard Glowinsky (president); Claire Glowinsky (secretary); Isaac Glowinsky (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Estaron Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 813368487RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.