The Finkler-Friedland Family Foundation
Private foundation · York, Ontario · BN 893199448RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($65,717) as filed with the CRA.
The Finkler-Friedland Family Foundation is a private foundation based in York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $142K in revenue and $66K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% 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 10 qualified donees totalling $54K in 2024, the largest being $18K to Beth Tikvah Synagogue. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $43K in 2020 to $142K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation provides gifts awards donations scholarships and other forms of financial support to individuals organizations or institutions to promote the advancement of education and medical research and to provide support to universities medical institutions and registered charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $142K | $66K | — | — | $62K | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $97K | $61K | — | — | $57K | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $56K | $70K | — | — | $66K | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $1M | $75K | — | — | $71K | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $43K | $75K | — | — | $71K | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $54K to 10 qualified donees:
- Beth Tikvah Synagogue$18K
- Uptown Chabad$15K
- Agudas Tomchei Nachal Novea Charitable Organization$5,500
- The Canadian Zionist Cultural Association$3,780
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$3,600
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$3,600
- Kupath Ramban Canada$2,000
- B'Nai Zion Charity Fund$1,500
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$500
- Glaucoma Research Society of Canada$400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patricia Friedland (president); Allan Friedland (secretary/treasurer); Marla Saksznajder (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Finkler-Friedland Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893199448RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.