The Gerda Frieberg Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Willowdale, Ontario · BN 897741237RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,102,095) as filed with the CRA.
The Gerda Frieberg Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Willowdale, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 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 11 qualified donees totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $700K to Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $165K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Donating to charities in the greater toronto area to support the jewish community and other social causes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.1M | — | — | $1.1M | $512K |
| 2023 | $565 | $1,695 | — | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $57K | $57K | — | — | $56K | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $56K | $57K | — | — | $56K | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $165K | $139K | — | — | $138K | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, November 30, 2024
- Other gifts$1,600,000
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 11 qualified donees:
- Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto$700K
- Canadian Associates of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev Inc.$150K
- Chai Lifeline (canada) Inc.$52K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$48K
- Beit Halochem Canada /aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel (canada)$40K
- One Family Fund Canada$30K
- Chasdei Kaduri Jewish Food Bank$20K
- Reena Foundation$20K
- The National Council of Jewish Women of Canada Toronto Section$20K
- Kayla's Children Centre$10K
- Mazon Canada$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jacob Frieberg (director/secretary/treas); Josey Frieberg (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Gerda Frieberg Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897741237RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.