The Green Fischer Family Trust
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 760741082RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-11-03. Split of total expenditures ($5,539,334) as filed with the CRA.
The Green Fischer Family Trust is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 3, 2023, it reported $139K in revenue and $5.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 2,659 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 23 qualified donees totalling $5.4M in 2023, the largest being $1.6M to Canadian Tennis Association. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $456K in 2020 to $139K in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To make gifts to qualified donees as defined in the income tax act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $139K | $5.5M | — | — | $5.4M | $231K |
| 2022 | -$361K | $1.4M | — | — | $1.3M | $5.6M |
| 2021 | $776K | $2.8M | — | — | $2.7M | $7.4M |
| 2020 | $456K | $1.1M | — | — | $1M | $9.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, November 3, 2023
- Investment income$103,605
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, 2023
Granted $5.4M to 23 qualified donees:
- Canadian Tennis Association$1.6M
- Tennis Canada$1M
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$1M
- ORT Canada$312K
- Beit Hazikaron$300K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$250K
- Canada-Israel Children's Centres$250K
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$200K
- Women's Hostels Incorporated$150K
- Jane Finch Community & Family$115K
- Daily Bread Food Bank$100K
- HR Canada Charitable Organization$45K
- The Jerusalem Foundation of Canada Inc. la Fondation Jerusalem du Canada Inc.$40K
- Ne'Eman Foundation Canada$25K
- Canada-Israel Children's Centres$25K
- Global Outreach Mission Inc.$25K
- Kaeja d'Dance$20K
- Radar Films$10K
- Fondation Madeli-Aide$10K
- The Toronto Jewish Film Foundation$10K
- The University of Western Ontario$6,000
- Fondation Madeli-Aide$600
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$500
Received $15K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
George Fischer (trustee); Sean Fischer (trustee); Ryan Fischer (trustee).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Green Fischer Family Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 760741082RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.