The G.F.Foundation
Private foundation · Markham, Ontario · BN 852761725RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($700,596) as filed with the CRA.
The G.F.Foundation is a private foundation based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $581K in revenue and $701K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% 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 85% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $696K in 2024, the largest being $255K to United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Funding other registered canadian charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $581K | $701K | — | — | $696K | $861K |
| 2023 | $886K | $554K | — | — | $547K | $980K |
| 2022 | $322K | $536K | — | — | $532K | $648K |
| 2021 | $961K | $896K | — | — | $889K | $863K |
| 2020 | $472K | $675K | — | — | $671K | $797K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $696K to 16 qualified donees:
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$255K
- UHN Foundation$200K
- The Leo Baeck Day School$72K
- United Hatzalah Canada$50K
- Sinai Health Foundation$25K
- International Fellowship of Christians and Jews of Canada$17K
- University of Guelph$12K
- Forever Chai Foundation of Canada$10K
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$10K
- Kehilla Residential Programme$10K
- HR Canada Charitable Organization$10K
- Council of Muslims Against Antisemitism$5,000
- Allied Voices for Israel$5,000
- CSRG Canadian Security Research Group$5,000
- Reena Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Anti-Semitism Education Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Herman Grad (trustee); Marya Grad (trustee); Dalia Grad (trustee); Rachael Grad (trustee); Jennifer Grad (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The G.F.Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 852761725RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.