The George Kohn Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 858034473RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($341,600) as filed with the CRA.
The George Kohn Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $501K in revenue and $342K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% 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 92% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $305K in 2024, the largest being $128K to Congregation Belz. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $38K in 2020 to $501K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Disbursements to charitable organizations ( hospitals food banks educational institutions ) were made from unrestricted net assets.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $501K | $342K | — | — | $342K | $172K |
| 2023 | $9,055 | $398K | — | — | $398K | $13K |
| 2022 | $4,364 | $391K | — | — | $391K | $413K |
| 2021 | $357K | $471K | — | — | $471K | $800K |
| 2020 | $38K | $416K | — | — | $416K | $914K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $305K to 14 qualified donees:
- Congregation Belz$128K
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$68K
- Menucha Vesimcha$34K
- Communauté Zerah Yakov$30K
- Congrégation TOLDOS YAKOU YOSEF$25K
- Congregation Reshith Chochma First Mesifta of Canada$6,000
- Kav Shalom KHM$4,100
- Gemach Zichron Burech Zvi$3,000
- Canadian Friends of Kolel Divrai Chaim$2,160
- Congrégation Belz C.S.L.$1,500
- Charité Tzedakah Montréal / Charity Tzedakah Montréal$1,000
- Kolel of Congregation Chaside Belz Umachzike Hadasz$1,000
- Synagogue Keser Torah inc. / Keser Torah Synagogue inc.$500
- Sauvetage de Montreal Hatzoloh/ Hatzoloh Rescue Squad of Montreal$180
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
George Kohn (president); Mordechai Kohn (treasurer); Seymour Luterman (vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The George Kohn Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 858034473RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.