The Friedberg Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 827915521RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,422,750) as filed with the CRA.
The Friedberg Charitable 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 $9.5M in revenue and $9.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $9.5M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 147 qualified donees totalling $8.8M in 2024, the largest being $3.2M to Ne'eman Foundation Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to charitable organizations or foundations that are also qualified donees 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 | $9.5M | $9.4M | — | — | $8.8M | $282K |
| 2023 | $7.9M | $7.9M | — | — | $7.3M | $166K |
| 2022 | $8.2M | $8.1M | — | — | $7.4M | $188K |
| 2021 | $9.5M | $9.6M | — | — | $8.9M | $81K |
| 2020 | $11.5M | $11.6M | — | — | $10.6M | $161K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $8.8M to 147 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Ne'eman Foundation Canada$3.2M
- Moral Arc Foundation$1.8M
- The Friedberg Jewish Manuscript Society$843K
- Maimonides Educational Foundation$514K
- Building a Jewish Tomorrow$298K
- Dani Developing and Nurturing Independence$150K
- Rofeh Wellness Foundation$125K
- Canadian Friends of Nishmat/amis Canadiens de Nishmat$124K
- Jewish Education Program Charitable Foundation$115K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$110K
- Mizrachi Organization Of Canada$101K
- Yeshivas Nefesh Dovid$100K
- Stepping Stones Foundation$95K
- Kesher Employment Services$80K
- The Kayemet Foundation$78K
- Chofetz Chaim Heritage Society of Canada$62K
- Core Torah$62K
- The Yesod Foundation$55K
- Chasdei Rivka$50K
- Rabbinical Seminary of America Forest Hills New York$42K
- Lincoln Centre for Human Rights Research$34K
- Ner Israel Rabbinical College - Baltimore$30K
- Canada Charity Partners$28K
- Talmudical Institute of Upstate N.y$27K
- The Rabbi Morton Green Foundation$25K
Received $9.5M from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$630K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yakov Friedman (director/officer); Nancy Friedberg (director/officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Friedberg Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 827915521RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.