The George Hofstedter Family Foundation
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 132278847RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,493,319) as filed with the CRA.
The George Hofstedter Family 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 -$396K in revenue and $1.5M 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 70% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 141 qualified donees totalling $1.5M in 2024, the largest being $196K to Moral Arc Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $99K in 2020 to -$396K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Selection of and disbursements to qualified donees
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -$396K | $1.5M | — | — | $1.5M | $406K |
| 2023 | -$171K | $1.6M | — | — | $1.6M | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $4.4M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.8M | $4.1M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.2M | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $99K | $1.3M | — | — | $1.3M | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.5M to 141 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Moral Arc Foundation$196K
- Toronto Cheder$145K
- The Institute of Torah Education$72K
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$54K
- Kayla's Children Centre$51K
- Eitz Chaim Schools$48K
- Hachnosas Kallah$45K
- Les Amis Canadiens du Seminaire Yeshivah Mirer de Jerusalem Inc./canadian Friends of the Seminary Yeshivah Mirer of Jerusalem Inc.$42K
- Yeshivas Nachalas Zvi$39K
- Tiferes Bais Yaakov$35K
- Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies$32K
- Bais Yaakov of Thornhill$31K
- Beth Jacob High School for Girls$29K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$28K
- Bnos Bais Yaakov High School$22K
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$22K
- Bnos Chaya$21K
- Mesivta Yeshiva Chaim Berlin$21K
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Shmayahu$20K
- Building a Jewish Tomorrow$20K
- Beth Medrash Govoha$20K
- Mosdos Bobov$19K
- Talmudical Academy Of Toronto Mishkan HaTorah Charitable Trust$18K
- Kav Shalom KHM$16K
- Ezer Mizion$16K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
George Hofstedter (director); David Hofstedter (director); Thomas Hofstedter (director); Mark Mandelbaum (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The George Hofstedter Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132278847RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.